Alleged Credit Card Thief To Face Court
A woman who allegedly went on a spending spree using
stolen bank cards will
face court this
month.
Counties Manukau South Area Commander,
Inspector Joe Hunter, says the cards
were stolen from
vehicles in Patumahoe earlier this month.
“The
alleged offender has helped herself to bank cards from
wallets left
inside a number of unlocked vehicles, and
she used them almost immediately to
purchase goods using
payWave.
“The reality is that we have people in our
communities who are looking for
any opportunity to
exploit others, and leaving vehicles unlocked makes it
too
easy for them.”
Inspector Hunter says that
quick reporting of these crimes to Police, along
with
other useful pieces of banking information helped bring
about an arrest.
“Victims not only reported the
initial offence, but also banking
information with
details about the alleged fraudulent transactions,”
he
says.
“Yesterday, our investigations team
conducted a search warrant of an
address in Waiuku and
found numerous items of interest. We took a
48-year-old
woman at the property into custody without
incident.”
She is scheduled to appear in the
Pukekohe District Court on 10 April and
faces 10 charges
of using a document for pecuniary
advantage.
“Don’t give thieves the opportunity to
steal. Never leave your wallet or
valuables inside your
car, and always lock it, even if you’re leaving it
for
just a short
time.”