May 20, 2005 Update
Rio Wraps, 3330 Rochester, 5/15
A manager failed to show up for work on Saturday and management has been unable to contact or locate him. None of the deposits for the prior several days were in the store. When the bank account was checked, those deposits had not been made. Approximately $1700.00 is missing.
Comerica, 31 E. Long Lake, 5/16, 2:05 pm.
An 18-year-old female from Detroit was arrested after trying to open an account with a fraudulent payroll check. Three males, who all claimed little or no knowledge of her or her actions, had driven her to the location. The 24-year-old male from Detroit who was driving was arrested for driving on a suspended license; a 22-year-old male passenger from Detroit who initially provided a fictitious name and identity to officers was arrested for hindering and obstructing the Police; he was on parole for uttering and publishing and car theft. The third male, a 24 year old from Detroit, was released.
Home Depot, 1177 Coolidge, 5/11-5/13
Loss Prevention Officers were alerted by several suspicious purchases made by one of the stores cashiers. Upon reviewing the transaction records at her register, they discovered that she had recently used the credit card numbers from three different customers who made purchases at her register to make three purchases for herself totaling $750.00. The 20-year-old female from Detroit was arrested.
Subway, 50 E. Maple, 5/12, 9:36 pm.
A 20-year-old male employee from Troy is suspected of stealing the $100.00 bank deposit. When the manager arrived at the store on the night in question, she observed a customer in front of suspects register with a drink and sandwich, however the register only showed the drink as paid for. When she asked the customer why he wasnt charged for the sandwich, he claimed he didnt know. She fired the employee then checked the deposit. She found the deposit envelope in the safe, filled it out and signed by the employee as having $100.00 in it, however the money was missing. The register was approximately $100.00 short, as well.
A resident reported being contacted by his bank attempting to confirm a computer purchase for $1700.00 that someone was attempting to make using the residents personal information and have shipped to a secondary address. The resident confirmed that he had not made or authorized the purchase.
A resident discovered an unauthorized withdrawal of $269.95 from her checking account for.
A resident suspects his estranged 28-year-old son of making $1756.00 worth of unauthorized withdrawals from his checking account. $164.00 of those transactions occurred in Troy. He states his son lived at home until the beginning of the month. He believes he has a drug problem. The family has experienced various fraud situations involving credit cards, missing mail, and missing checks for the last several weeks. They have been able to prevent other frauds, except those involving the checking account.
A resident discovered that someone had used her identity and checking account information to create and pass two fraudulent checks for a total of $352.00 in Ohio.
A resident received a notice from a collection agency regarding an unpaid DTE energy bill for $40.55 in his name. He never had a DTE account. DTE advised the bill was from an address in Ferndale with which complainant was not familiar.
A resident discovered that someone used information from his Debit Card to make an unauthorized cash transfer for $850.00 out of the country via Western Union.
A bank representative reported that a customer deposited a $5500.00 non-sufficient fund check from another bank into his account at the bank the complainant represents. The suspect has disregarded payment demand notices.
Pier One Imports, 388 John R, 12/04-2/05
LPOs conducted an investigation after detecting a series of suspicious return transactions involving a 21-year-old female employee from Clarkston. Investigation revealed evidence that suspect was conducting fraudulent refunds for herself at her cash register. Approximately $3150.02 in losses is suspected.
Troy Auto Wash, 5/17
An employee reported that a 22-year-old female driver of 2004 Ford Explorer paid with a counterfeit $20.00. Vehicle registers to a female from Mount Morris.
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