Ammaly Sisombath, 26, was arrested on the spot May 19. Her common-law husband, David Bourne, 26, was caught outside in an SUV with the Kitchener coupl

Ammaly Sisombath, 26, was arrested on the spot May 19. Her common-law husband, David Bourne, 26, was caught outside in an SUV with the Kitchener couple's young daughter.<br />Sisombath had 47 white plastic cards on her -- with the PIN for each written on the outside -- and more than 400 more were found in a gym bag in the SUV.<br />The scheme was outlined in Kitchener court yesterday after Sisombath pleaded guilty to fraud under $5,000.While doing that crime, she was already on probation for a 2007 conviction for possession of forgery instruments.Crown prosecutor Neil Dietrich said it's believed Sisombath got the information to make the fake cards from customers at a Cambridge gas station where she worked. The cards were fitted with magnetic strips encoded with data from legitimate bank cards.Also found in the SUV was a list of local businesses with banking machines."It's not hard to imagine what would have been done with the remaining cards," Justice John Lynch said.At the time of the arrests, police described it as one of the largest debit-card scams ever seen in Waterloo Region. Actual losses totalled only about $2,600 before the scheme was discovered.Lynch sentenced Sisombath to the equivalent of a year in jail and two years on probation, calling the scam part of a "new wave of crimes plaguing our society."Sisombath spent more than three months in pretrial custody -- time credited on a two-to-one basis -- leaving her with just over five months to serve.Bourne received a six-month jail term after pleading guilty to fraud under $5,000.

Ammaly Sisombath, 26, was arrested on the spot May 19. Her common-law husband, David Bourne, 26, was caught outside in an SUV with the Kitchener coupl

Ammaly Sisombath, 26, was arrested on the spot May 19. Her common-law husband, David Bourne, 26, was caught outside in an SUV with the Kitch...

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