Authorities: Staples Cashier Bilked Customers Out Of $180,000

February 1, 2012 9:35 PM

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MAMARONECK, NY (AP) – A cashier at a Westchester Staples is being accused of selling stolen credit card information in a scam that bilked 50 customers out of more than $180,000.

Police tell The Journal News that 21-year-old Valerie Fajardo, of the Bronx, used a skimming device to capture the credit card information from unsuspecting customers at a Mamaroneck Staples between May and December.

Police say she then sold the information for $6,000 to a man who used it to create fraudulent credit cards to rack up more than $180,000 in purchases.

Fajardo was arrested Tuesday on charges of criminal possession of a forgery device, scheme to defraud and other charges and is being held without bail at the Westchester County jail in Valhalla. Information on her lawyer was not immediately available.

Authorities: Staples Cashier Bilked Customers Out Of $180,000

Dan Carter

Another ethnic minority showing us how great diversity is.
MBA

One day we may all wake up to news that none
of us have any money because of a huge cyberattack
it ain’t science fiction anymore.
This 21 year old is kind of in the incubator for that time future crime.
RoyBoySays

Lock this low life up for life…………………then deport her rotting body
connie

blame it on the EASY button.
quid

Low life PR from the Bronx
CN

She bilked the credit card companies, not the customers. The customers are ultimately not responsible for charges to their credit cards that they can show are fraudulent.

DOUBLE_CHINNED_PUPPETEER

So you wouldn’t mind at all if it happened to you? You are a total idiot. A bigger idiot than Valerie Fajardo.
Malber

Actually, she most likely bilked the merchants themselves, and if not the stores, the merchant banks behind the credit cards. The credit card companies themselves are also off the hook.
Rich

Of course, if these customers used their debit cards, they would only be covered for the first $50. They might be the rest of the charges on this type of card.