EPD: Louisville man arrested for $1,000 gift card fraud scheme

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – A Louisville man was arrested in Evansville on Saturday after police say he fraudulently used a victim’s credit cards to purchase multiple gift cards.

On Saturday afternoon, police responded to the east side Walmart to investigate a suspicious situation.

At the store, loss prevention officials told officers that a man, later identified as 61-year-old Christopher Kitrell, had attempted to use multiple bank cards to purchase gift cards.

Kitrell reportedly left the store after successfully buying one $400 gift card using a Bank of America card, which authorities discovered belonged to a woman…

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