Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Man caught using his card with a victims card information on it

Earlier this month, police said they were investigating numerous reports of credit card theft. Roseville Police Department spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther said the probe determined that somehow the computer system at Paul Martin's American Bistro in town had been compromised and the credit card numbers of restaurant customers were being sold online to others who were using the numbers to fraudulently obtain credit and make purchases.

Computer security experts and police cleared American Bistro staff and customers of any involvement, determining the restaurant had fallen victim to a cyber attack.

Gunther said on Monday, police investigators arrested Vinh Thien Huynh, 22, of Stockton on suspicion of identity theft, grand theft and other charges relateded to the unlawful use of a credit card or access card. Huynh was nabbed when he tried to use a credit card in his name but with a restaurant victim's credit account numbers to make purchases at a local department store.

Gunther said another person was arrested in Michigan under similar circumstances. She said the expectation was that many more would be arrested as they attempted to use the fraudulently-obtained credit.

Huynh was booked into Placer County Jail on $75,000 bail.

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