A quick-thinking clerk at a local gas station led police to a multi-state fraud investigation. Westlake Police said a man was using stolen credit card numbers on his phone to attempt to buy gift cards.
The scheme is so sophisticated that Homeland Security is now involved. The tip came from an observant clerk at the Speedway on Bradley and Detroit roads. The clerk noticed the man at the register attempting to buy multiple gift cards using tap-to-pay on his phone.
Police said the man kept swiping through dozens of cards on his phone, and that caught the clerk’s attention. Some of those cards were accepted, some were declined, until he was able to purchase a Macy’s gift card…