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Westchester Police Arrest Bronx Man for Credit Card Fraud
Westchester County Police along with the U.S. Secret Service have arrested a Bronx man and charged him with stealing credit card information and then using it to buy more than $100,000 worth of consumer electronics.
Officials say 31 year old James Davis of Decatur Avenue used a skimming device to steal credit card information while he was working as a waiter at the Cheesecake Factory restaurant in White Plains in late 2008.
Davis was charged with 11 counts of 4th Degree Grand Larceny, 11 counts of 3rd Degree
Unlawful Possession of Personal Identification Information, all felonies, as well as one count of Scheme to Defraud, a misdemeanor.
Police say Davis was found in possession of several small bags of cocaine when he was arrested. An addition charge of 5th Degree Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, a felony, is pending.
Authorities say the investigation into Davis' alleged activities began in January 2009, when the U.S. Secret Service contacted County Police about suspicious transactions involving credit card information that was stolen in Westchester. The credit card information was used to make unauthorized online purchases from Best Buy and AT&T.
Westchester County Police determined that the Westchester identity theft victims had all dined at the same restaurant in White Plains--the Cheesecake Factory.
Davis, who was a waiter at the restaurant, was identified early on as a suspect in the thefts, but resigned before the investigation was complete. Cops have been searching for him since early 2009.
Police ultimately took Davis into custody Thursday morning at a home on East 161st. Street in the Bronx.
Officials believe davis did not make the unauthorized purchases himself, but sold the information to other parties who used the numbers to buy merchandise.
Davis has been arraigned and is being held at the Westchester County Jail in Lieu of 5,000 bail.
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