Luis Hernandez Socarras and Jorge Hernandez Socarras, 27, accessed approximately 2,366 AT&T mobile accounts between February 2018 and January 2020, according to court filings. The pair fraudulently charged new Apple devices, including iPhones and Apple Watches, to customer accounts and would later resell the products at a discount throughout Miami. The Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed the sentencing on Monday in a press release.

A total of $2,155,483.78 was charged to victims’ accounts by Luis and Jorge Socarras, according to the release. In April, both pleaded guilty to two counts of access device fraud, interstate transfer of stolen property and aggravated identity theft. The brothers were also ordered to pay $360,937 in restitution, the release added.

The Socarras called AT&T customers warning that their accounts were compromised, according to the release, and posing as employees of the phone service provider, would ask customers for their account passwords to fix the issue.

They would then register themselves as authorized users on the customers’ AT&T accounts and make fraudulent purchases at several retail stores throughout the U.S. The brothers bought Apple products in 26 states, according to court records, and charges to individual customer accounts ranged from $359.99 to $1,899.99 per transaction.

In January 2020, the Socarras brothers were observed by law enforcement making several fraudulent purchases at Best Buy retail locations in northern Ohio, according to court records. Officers eventually arrested Luis Socarras on fraud charges at a Best Buy in Mayfield Heights on January 26, 2020, after asking how he knew the AT&T account holder he was attempting to charge. Jorge Socarras posted bail for his brother, and the two left the district.

Police later obtained a warrant to search a vehicle belonging to Luis Socarras that was left in the Best Buy parking lot. Officers found 29 iPhones, six iPad Pro tablets and three Apple Watches while searching the vehicle, along with other electronic devices.

The Socarras brothers were eventually arrested in March 2021.

In the District Court Pleading written by First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler, one AT&T customer was quoted as saying that the twins’ scheme turned their life “upside down” at the age of 85.

“My doctors ha[d] told me that the stressful situation, that the harassment, that me and family have endured has affected my health,” the customer said according to the court documents. “I sincerely hope these individuals are sent to prison for a long time.”

The identity theft case was investigated by the Cleveland FBI, according to the DOJ release.

Newsweek reached out to the DOJ for comment.