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Credit Card Fraud

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Woman Charged With Criminal Trespass: Mokena Police Blotter

Mokena Police Department reports, Jan. 22-23 • Online Credit Card Fraud • Woman Charged With Criminal Trespass.

Editor's note: This article was revised after publication. TUESDAY, JAN. 22 A case of credit card fraud was reported to the Mokena Police Department at 12:40 p.m. on the 19100 block of Crescent Drive. The victim told police that her debit card was used to make several online purchases without her authorization between Jan. 17-19.  Are you a fan of true crime? "Like" the Crime-n-Shame page on Facebook. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23 Trina V. Hodges, 41, of the 10700 block of S. Keeler Avenue in Oak Lawn, was charged with criminal trespass after an incident at 2:53 p.m. on the 19500 block of 116th Avenue. An officer was dispatched to a residence following reports of a person refusing to leave. The homeowner told the reporting officer that Hodges had …

Monday, January 28, 2013

Fraud and Theft at Lenny’s Gas ‘n’ Wash: Mokena Police Blotter

Mokena Police Department reports, Jan. 16-18 • Warrant Arrest • Fraud and Theft at Lenny’s Gas ‘n’ Wash.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16 Connor D. Triezenberg, 19, of the 10100 block of Kirkstone Way Court, was served a no bond warrant at 9:16 p.m. Jan. 16 at his home. He was taken into custody without incident and transported to Will County Jail. Are you a fan of true crime? "Like" the Crime-n-Shame page on Facebook. FRIDAY, JAN. 18 An incident of credit card fraud and theft of less than $500 was reported to police at 1:09 p.m. Jan. 18. The owner of a movie and video game rental kiosk at Lenny’s Gas ‘n’ Wash on 191st Street reported that at 2:50 p.m. Jan. 16 five video games worth $250 were rented using three credit cards belonging to the same person. When the games were not returned, the owner contacted the cardholder, who said that she had not rented …

Friday, October 12, 2012

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 ›

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