WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — An alleged crime may give a new meaning to the term “wire fraud.”
A West Palm Beach man was arrested after he allegedly claimed to work for an electrical company to obtain wire charged to the company’s account, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Victor Vazquez Abreu is accused of going to a K&M Electric Supply store in Royal Palm Beach on Oct. 8 and saying he worked for Wave Electrical. An employee wrote up an order under the company’s account, and Abreu was directed to the supplier’s Riviera Beach location to pick up the wire, the affidavit says…