Tag: Credit card theft

Four people used stolen credit cards to buy $1.7M in cigarettes

Written by Cape Coral Mortgage Syndicated User on May 20, 2021. Posted in Cape Coral Mortgage, Mortgage Cape Coral.

ATLANTA / CNN — Four people were sentenced to federal prison for buying over a million dollars’ worth of cigarettes with stolen credit cards. Mamadou Sow, Demarcus Myree, Boubacar Tivalo, and Jacob James are accused of using dozens of credit cards to buy $1.7 million worth of cigarettes at multiple Sam’s Clubs throughout Atlanta. They had signed up for memberships in their names and aliases, officials said. The crimes spanned from Sept. 2018 to Nov. 2018. “Identity theft wreaks havoc on the lives of individuals and compromises the financial security of victims,” Acting U.S. Attorney...

Police search for Marco Island credit card thieves

Written by Cape Coral Mortgage Syndicated User on May 18, 2021. Posted in Cape Coral Mortgage, Mortgage Cape Coral.

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. – Police are searching for two suspects accused of stealing credit cards and using them to buy gift cards at a grocery store. The suspects took credit cards from a purse at SunTrust Bank Tuesday before using them to buy the gift cards at a Winn Dixie, according to the Marco Island Police Department. The two people were captured on store surveillance cameras. Police are asking anyone with information on their identities to contact the Marco Island Police Department at 239-389-5050 or SWFL Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS. The post Police search for Marco Island credit...