Mokena Police Blotter: Chicago Woman Charged With Credit Card Fraud
Jamelah S. Thompson was charged with unlawful possession of another person's credit card after a Speedway clerk called police about suspicious activity.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 Jamelah S. Thompson, 30, of the 6200 block of South University in Chicago, faces felony credit card fraud charges after her arrest at the intersection of West 194th Street and Wolf Road. A clerk at the Speedway at 19726 Wolf Road called police to report a woman attempting to purchase several cartons of cigarettes with several credit cards. The clerk told police that it seemed suspicious because previous incidents involving similar purchases with multiple cards involved stolen or fraudulent cards. The report states that the woman, Thomas, was able to purchase three cartons after several attempts. According to the report, the clerk gave the responding officer a description and registration number for the black Pontiac …
Matt
1:07 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012
Very interesting, almost like one big pyramid scheme involved here. To my knowledge, this is a breakdown of everything that's going on in this article: Homewood Target man uses fraudulent credit cards to purchase and activate Visa gift cards, thus secretly and effectively converting his stolen credit cards into a more discreet gift card. Cigarette woman buys these gift cards from Target man for … more ›