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Saturday, December 29, 2012

What to Do If You're a Victim of Credit Card Fraud This Season

During the holidays, Gwinnett's Electronic and Financial Crimes Unit sees an large increase in the number of victims reporting credit card fraud.

Gwinnett County Police have sent a warning message about the increase of victims reporting credit card fraud. More and more, local victims' credit card information is used across the country and sometimes in foreign countries, according to a news release. Victims living outside of Gwinnett sometimes have their credit card information used by local criminals, too. "These cases can be difficult to investigate due to the various jurisdictions involved and the long distances between them," says the release, adding that fraudulent Internet purchases can be particularly problematic, too. To help in such cases, Gwinnett's Electronic and Financial Crimes unit recommends victims to complete a Gwinnett County incident report and then file a …

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Marietta Chevron Owner Convicted of Food Stamp Fraud

Since June of 2009, the owner and manager of a Marietta Chevron stole over $500,000 from the Food and Nutrition Services division.

The owner and manager of the Chevron gas station located at 811 South Marietta Parkway was arrested and charged federally for Food Stamp Fraud. In June of 2010, Marietta Police received a tip that a business within the city was possibly committing food stamp fraud. The allegation stated that the manager/owner of the Chevron station, identified as Shamsha Mirza Vasay, 31, of Duluth, was allowing citizens to illegally use their EBT cards to make cash withdrawals and purchases outside the scope of use for the cards.  A two year undercover investigation was launched in cooperation and conjunction with agents of the United States District Attorneys, Office of Inspector General.  The investigation revealed that since June of 2009 Vasay had …

Darren

2:26 pm on Monday, December 24, 2012

Look real stats whites on that shit like the world coming to an end   more ›

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