Wheatland man sentenced for alleged credit card making factory

    A Wheatland County man was sentenced to five and half years for a number of drug charges and what appeared to be a credit card factory.     Corey Klippel entered guilty pleas on Friday, March 11.
    Most of the charges stem from a joint investigation conducted by the RCMP Calgary Commercial Crime Section, the RCMP Calgary Drug Unit and the Strathmore RCMP Detachment.
    In January of 2010 Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrants were obtained and executed at a Wheatland County residence.
    The controlled substances found were Methamphetamine and Ecstacy. A restricted firearm was also located.
    A credit card lab or factory was operating from the premises and police located computers, forged credit cards, card printers, a scanner, blank magnetic strip cards, cutters, a credit card skimmer and credit card data.
    Police also seized a wallet containing stolen or lost identity information and electronic scanned images of other individuals’ identity information. Most of the items seized were forfeited to the Crown and will be destroyed.
    Klippel pleaded guilty to possessing instruments intended to forge credit cards, possessing identity information with intent to commit an indictable offence, possession of a controlled substances for the purpose of trafficking, possession of a restricted firearm and breach of conditions.