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Albertsons’ employees and 3 others arrested in credit card scheme in
Albuquerque, NM. Five people are under arrest, accused running a
sophisticated credit and debit card theft ring that started with a waiter at an
Albuquerque restaurant. Police said the group racked up more than $15,000 in
fraudulent purchases. According to court documents, one of the
restaurant’s waiters, John Ocanas, admitted to using what’s called a “skimmer”
to record customer’s credit and debit card information. In the court documents,
detectives said Ocanas would give the stolen card numbers to Andrew Aragon and
Dustin Swanson. The two men would allegedly make fake credit cards with the
stolen information. Aragon’s girlfriend, Jessica Lopez, worked at the money
counter in Albertsons. She’s accused of using those fake cards to buy more than
$15,000 worth of gift cards and money orders. Police also arrested fellow
Albertsons cashier Tonya Russell because they said she helped with the scam. (Source
kob.com)
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investigate fight, uncover Bellevue, WA ID theft ring. Bellevue police made
four arrests, uncovering what investigators call a prolific case of identity
theft. Detectives removed several hundred documents from a unit at the Hidden
Creek Condominiums. Some type of fight or disturbance last week led officers
inside the unit where they found several people with outstanding warrants. One
of the people was also holding three fake Washington I.D. cards. Police got a
search warrant and discovered an I.D. factory. Police said they've confiscated
39 false Washington I.D. cards and driver licenses, 67 fraudulent credit cards,
28 false government I.D. cards, seven false Social Security cards and several
hundred forged checks. There are at least 50 victims, according to police who
said a few have already told investigators that they've been victims of
break-ins or theft. (Source
q13fox.com)
Employee Theft at Lowe's Leads to Mother, Daughter Arrest in Milford, CT.
Milford police say Garbriela Deleon, 20, of Van Rensselaer
Avenue in Stratford, who worked at Lowe’s is accused of allowing her family to
receive merchandise totaling $2,750 and then returning it for cash. Police said
on April 27 they received a complaint regarding an employee theft that occurred
at Lowe’s. Investigation led to an arrest warrant being issued for Deleon, who
is accused of providing her relatives with store merchandise and not charging
them for the items. On three separate occasions in December, March and April the
approximate value of the loss to the store was $2,750. An arrest warrant was
issued for Deleon’s mother, Griselda Torres, of the same address as Deleon, who
is accused of receiving the merchandise and then returning it for cash and gift
cards. (Source
patch.com)
Two arrested in Meijer shoplift in Muncie, IN; nearly $7,000.
Two Ohio men were arrested early Monday after shoplifting $6,938 in electronics
merchandise from the Meijer store in Muncie. After an employee noticed around
4:30 a.m. that an entire display area of electronics was missing, video
surveillance showed two men loading the merchandise inside a bag, city police
patrolwoman Amy Kesler said. (Source
thestarpress.com)
How Jay-Z Sparked a Champagne Theft Ring; Credit card scammers target a French
bubbly that the rap mogul turned into the new Cristal. In 2006,
rapper Jay-Z singlehandedly changed the market for high-end champagne. Until
then, the luxury bubbly of choice had been the $500-a-bottle Cristal. But in his music video for “Show Me What You Got,” Jay-Z waves away a
bottle of Cristal while seated at a Monte Carlo card table, then nods in
approval as the waiter presents a gold bottle of Armand de Brignac with a
raised-pewter logo in the shape of the ace of spades. But as the champagne known
as the Ace of Spades has become the go-to bubbly for the jet set, it has also
become a favorite target of credit credit fraudsters. “Ninety-nine percent
of the fraud attempts [we see] are for this high-end champagne,” says Alex Gorelik, director of operations for Wine Anthology. “There are a lot of people who try to buy Ace of Spades and can’t afford
it, [so] they use fake credit cards.” (Source
vocativ.com)
Photos released of ORC female duo stealing 15 bottles of perfume from Nordstrom
Rack store in Glendale, CA.
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