Glendale police recover 50 counterfeit credit cards, $10K in fraudulent purchases
Police recovered $10,000 worth of fraudulent purchases and 50 counterfeit credit cards after a Florida woman used one of them to try to spend $2,079 at Victoria’s Secret in the Glendale Galleria, officials said.
Officers responded and followed Raquell Jackson, 25, to her car, where they reportedly found the re-encoded credit cards and illegally purchased items, which included clothing, two PlayStation consoles and two iPhones, said Glendale Police spokeswoman Tahnee Lightfoot.
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Jackson was arrested on suspicion of fraudulent possession of credit cards, burglary, grand theft and identity theft.
Police also arrested two other people in the car — Russ Bienaime, 22, and Ashley Conner, 19 — on suspicion of fraudulent possession of credit cards.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Alene Tchekmedyian, alene.tchekmedyian@latimes.com
Twitter: @atchek
