ID theft, fraud reported
Canonsburg police are investigating several apparently unrelated cases of check fraud and identity theft.
The daughter of an elderly borough woman told police several unauthorized charges were made on her mother’s bank account between April 14 and July 24 for a total of $490.
Charges were made for prepaid cellphones, as well as billing services used by families to deliver money and other items to inmates at correctional institutions throughout the country.
Another man told police seven checks were stolen and cashed for varying amounts totaling $3,000. The checks were cashed at a check-cashing business in West Virginia. The alleged victim said one check appeared to have been stolen from the extra checkbooks at his home.
Another victim told police five purchases were made on his debit card Friday for $1,938. The purchases appear to have been made at a Target store in Vallejo, Calif.
Another man told police Friday $207 was stolen from his bank account.