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Credit Card Crimes
If you were going to buy something with a stolen credit card, what would you steal?
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: May 3, 2013
What would you buy if you had a stolen credit card? When you research credit card crimes as much as I do, that thought tends to cross my mind, even though I'm pretty confident that if I ever came into possession of someone else's plastic, given my penchant for rule following, the only thing that [...]
Wedding planner looks at couple's credit card and says: "I do."
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: April 5, 2013
Once again, it's time to take a look at what's going on, in our nation's annals of unusual credit card crimes… Wedding blues As the Associated Press reported, a wedding planner, Robert Lawson Smith, was arrested for credit card theft. He says it was a matter of bad bookkeeping. Maybe. Certainly something went awry. Adam and Wendy Shearer [...]
A clever hotel scam and other unusual credit card crimes
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: March 22, 2013
Welcome, once again, to another installment of the latest in unusual credit card crimes, and your ticket to feeling good about yourself. You may have a lot of stress or frustrations going on in your life, but, hey, at least you're not being featured in a column about your crooked credit card con gone wrong. Not [...]
Smoking, porn and other vices land credit card crooks in hot water.
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: February 15, 2013
Now, I'm not a prude. I realize many people have vices, whether it's eating too many late night snacks, watching schlocky made-for-cable movies or drinking a little too much. But vices, as you'll see, recently landed several credit card criminals in trouble. All that trouble for a cigarette In Alliance, Ohio, according to WKYC-TV, a mother called [...]
Woman breaks off relationship. Man steals her credit cards. And other strange stories…
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: February 1, 2013
That's right: It's time for another round up of unusual credit card crimes happening across the nation. But instead of merely snickering or collectively shaking our heads at the ongoing antics of the ethically inept, we really should ask ourselves: What can the rest of us learn from all of this? Man steals girlfriend's credit card Lesson [...]
Vacuum cleaner salesman steals credit card and other strange stories.
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: December 28, 2012
Once again, the latest in odd credit card crimes… In dust we don't trust Members of the public, especially if you live in or near Sturgis, Mich., should be on the lookout for a wanted vacuum cleaner salesman. I'm not sure if he's armed and dangerous, but I suspect he is very clean. As MLive.com (Michigan Live) reports, [...]
A successful thief gives himself up to the police and other odd credit card crime stories.
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: December 7, 2012
Just in time for the holidays, our latest look at why we can all be grateful we didn't pursue a career in credit card crime… Weary credit card career criminal gives up ABC News recently had a report about Jeffrey Hawkins, 49, who last month was caught by police for trespassing at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in [...]
Dumb crooks and a thieving cross-dresser
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: November 16, 2012
Before I share the latest, I have to confess that sometimes I worry about flagging a criminal as a "dumb crook." I picture them in the pen, reading one of my articles, getting their feelings hurt and then spending the next several months or years, weight-lifting to a Rocky montage, and then tracking me down, [...]
