Two Men Charged with Fraud at Local Businesses – There may be Additional Victims
LETHRBIDGE: Two 27-year old Medicine Hat men have charged connection with a series of fraudulent transactions at local businesses.
The Lethbridge Police Economic Crimes unit, with the help of Medicine Hat Police, has been investigating pair for using fraudulent credit cards to purchase or attempt to purchase items.
The transactions involved the subjects attempting to use an admin card to manipulate the point of sale terminal, cards with no banking or financial labelling associated to them and manually entering credit card numbers.
Transactions ultimately display as approved, but the merchant will later be informed the card number is not valid.