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 Guilty plea in cloned credit card fraud case as Coquitlam
Mounties show off crook's tools A Port Coquitlam
credit card thief will spend the rest of the year in jail
after pleading guilty. On Jan. 16 of this year local RCMP
raided the suspects Port Coquitlam home where he lived with
his mother and found what was described as a “credit card
factory” in court by the Crown, investigators seized a
number of items that included credit card printers, a
laminator, gold foil and an embosser. Police also found
forged postal keys, stolen computers and six stolen
point-of-sale terminals, commonly known as Pinpads.
(Source
thenownews.com)
Saskatoon Police investigate Jewelry store robbed by
knife-wielding man
Employees of a downtown jewelry store were threatened by a
man with a knife during a robbery Tuesday afternoon.
Saskatoon police say the man entered the store in the 100
block of Third Avenue South shortly before 4 p.m., grabbed
several pieces of jewelry and fled the scene. The male
suspect is described as being of First Nations descent,
approximately 20 to 25 years old, 5-foot-7, with an average
build and a ponytail. He was wearing a ball cap with white
writing and carrying a blue and yellow backpack.
(Source
ctvnews.ca)
Suspect
uses stun gun on employee in Toronto cell-phone store
robbery Toronto Police are seeking the public’s help in
identifying a man who robbed a cell phone store in Toronto
this past May. Authorities allege the suspect entered The
Mobile Store at St. Clair Avenue West and Runnymede Road on
May 28 at 11:45 a.m. posing as a customer when he pulled out
a stun gun and used it on an employee behind the counter.
The man managed to flee the store with a bag of electronics
and a large sum of money. (Source
cp24.com)
Costa Rican cops arrest four Canadians linked to cloned card
scams
Suspects allegedly stole at least $48,000 from bank accounts
in Canada. The suspects were caught with card-cloning
devices and some 200 credit cards, all from Canadian
citizens, police said. The OIJ report indicates that
officials from a state-owned bank detected suspicious cash
withdrawals at ATMs with cards issued abroad. Some of the
ATMs retained cards, allowing bank security staff to alert
OIJ's Fraud Section. Investigators began tracking the men
last week. All of the apparent victims of the scam are
Canadian citizens, and police believe the amount stolen is
likely higher than the confiscated cash. The suspects were
taken into custody, and police are reviewing their legal
statuses in the country. (Source
ticotimes.net)
Police dismantle fraud and identity-theft ring in
Calgary
Two people are facing almost 100 charges in what police
are calling a sophisticated fraud and identity theft
ring. Police believe two people were involved in
numerous fraud offences, including identity theft,
identity fraud, and manufacturing counterfeit documents
against at least 15 victims.
A search warrant was executed on the evening of July 4,
2013 on a residence in Discovery Ridge where police
seized manufacturing equipment used for the production
of counterfeit items. Credit card point of sale pin pads
were among the seized equipment. The Calgary Police
Service Economic Crimes Unit laid 97 charges against two
people. (Source
ctvnews.ca)
 Smash
and grab hits jewelry store in Calgary early Friday
morning Calgary Police are on the hunt for
whoever’s responsible for an early morning smash and
grab at a jewelry store. Duty Inspector Keith Cane said
they received from a person who witnessed the robbery
just before 5 a.m. Friday. “They observed a truck,
possibly a Ford truck, being reversed into the front of
the business, smashing the front of the store out, and
then the passenger jumped out of the vehicle, entered
the premises, and apparently grabbed some merchandise,
jumped back into the vehicle, and the vehicle fled,” he
says. No word yet on what was taken from the Gold Craft
jewelry store in the 1800 block of Sirocco Drive S.W.
Police are asking people to be on the lookout for a
truck with some significant damage to the back of the
vehicle. (Source
ctvnews.ca)
Retail Fast Facts: August 2013
Highlights:
• Total monthly retail sales changed by 0.5 per cent over
the comparable month last year.
• Total sales excluding food, automotive and gasoline
changed by -0.5 per cent over the comparable month last
year. (Source
retailcouncil.org)
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