Cabria Cunningham and Mykiah Furlough have each been ordered to serve 24 months in federal prison in a nationwide account-fraud case involving merchandise and gift cards bought at JCPenney stores. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas announced the sentences on September 11. [S01]
Both women must also serve a year of supervised release and pay restitution. The announcement does not state the restitution amounts or the total value of gift cards involved.
Equal prison and supervision terms, with gift-card losses undisclosed
The two sentences in the September 11 announcement
The official announcement specifies the same prison and post-prison supervision terms for both defendants.
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Judicial sentence components, not gift-card transaction counts, losses or time already served. The separately charged participant’s future sentence is not included.
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| Category | Federal prison | Supervised release after prison |
|---|---|---|
| Cabria Cunningham | 24 months | 12 months |
| Mykiah Furlough | 24 months | 12 months |
The chart separates the custodial terms from the supervision that follows release. It does not measure the value of the resale operation or imply that a restitution amount has been paid.
Cunningham pleaded guilty in September 2025 and Furlough in February 2026. The newly reported development is sentencing, rather than the original discovery of the scheme.
Prosecutors say the women and a third participant travelled to JCPenney stores during 2022 and 2023, used false identification and customer information to access store-branded credit accounts, and bought merchandise and gift cards. Those purchases were then resold on social media. [S01]
The release does not divide losses between merchandise and gift cards, name the gift-card products or explain where the stolen customer information originated. It therefore does not establish a breach of JCPenney's systems or support a gift-card-specific loss estimate.
The court noted that Furlough's relative, Ashley Urune, recruited the two women. Urune has separately pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft and is scheduled for sentencing on December 3.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigated with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service. Cunningham and Furlough were allowed to remain on bond pending voluntary surrender to prison, according to the announcement.
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Daniel Brooks
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