abstract:Vardanyan (), also spelled Vardanean or Vardanian, and in Western Armenian Vartanian is an Armenian surname, from the Armenian given name Vardan and Vartan with the addition of -ian.
The charges arose in connection with a scheme to defraud debit-card holders by using stolen bank account information to withdraw money from ATMs. On March 20, 2012, Arakelyan and Vardanyan pleaded guilty.
According to the pleas and Information, Arakelyan and Vardanyan admitted that around July 2011, they used 952 blank Gold and Silver credit card-like cards that had been encoded with bank and personal identification stolen from Michaels Stores customers and then withdrew from ATMs in Northern California as much money as possible.