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Man Made Fake Credit Cards To Buy Merchandise At Best Buy; Do-it-yourself credit
card scheme stretched from Chicago to Ghana, Africa The
alleged scheme began to unravel when a confidential source tipped off Homewood
Police that the Faheem Muhammad, 27, had been using an embosser machine to make
credit cards using victims’ credit card numbers. Muhammad would order
merchandise on Best.Buy.com, then go to the stores to pick up the items at
stores in Chicagoland and Indiana. He was taken into custody and handcuffed.
Police pulled four of the allegedly self-manufactured credit cards from his
pants pocket. A search of Muhammad’s bedroom yielded a silver embosser and 43
credit cards, along with miscellaneous papers containing people’s financial
information and $1,660 cash. At the station, Muhammad allegedly told police that
a man in Ghana contacted him on Yahoo messenger about a year ago, asking if he
wanted to make some money. The African contact told Muhammad that he would place
Internet orders to Best Buy. All Muhammad had to do was go into the store with
the man’s ID and retrieve the merchandise. “I was told to sell the merchandise
on the street and then send half of the money back to him through Western Union
to Ghana, Africa,” Muhammad reportedly told police.
(Source
homewood-flossmoor.patch.com)
Hundreds of thousands in stolen goods recovered during Theft Ring Bust in San
Antonio, TX Over $100,000 of Snap –On tools were found
in one of many storage lockers. Police say a 32 year old man arrested today in
Converse is the leader of a burglary ring which was responsible for the theft of
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of tools and electronics from homes,
businesses, and storage lockers across northeast Bexar County.
(Source
woai.com)
UPS employee in Louisville accused of stealing iPhones, hiding them in shoes
Police say UPS security spotted Bell with six brand new iPhones in his shoes,
with three on each side. Bell was stopped and questioned. Police say he then
admitted to taking a rough total of 25 iPhones and selling at least some of them
at the Go Green Gadget kiosk in Jefferson Mall. Police estimate that the total
value of the stolen iPhones is $6,000. (Source
wdrb.com)
Man makes off with 40 pairs of Victoria’s Secret underwear at Perimeter Mall in
Atlanta Police are searching for a man who walked into a Victoria's
Secret store dressed in all black clothing and made off with about 40 pairs of
women's underwear valued at $500. (Source
cbsatlanta.com)
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