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Suspect accused of stealing info while taking order
By Gina Mace
Special to the Beacon Journal
Published on Tuesday, Dec 23, 2008
BARBERTON: All the woman from Texas wanted to order was some fish oil.
What she ended up with, Barberton police said, is an $800 fraudulent credit-card bill in addition to the fish oil she had ordered from a city business.
Police allege that the 28-year-old order taker stole the woman's credit-card number during the transaction.
Barberton detective Sgt. Chris White said warrants for forgery, identity fraud and misuse of a credit card have been issued for Jennifer M. Andrews, whose last known address was on Gale Drive.
White said Andrews had been fired from Donor Care Center Inc. — formerly Ameridial — in February for using another customer's credit-card number to order pizza.
But authorities allege that when Andrews left the company earlier this year, she also took the Texas woman's credit-card number.
While under indictment by a Summit County grand jury on charges of forgery, two counts of identity fraud, theft and misuse of a credit card for the February
incident, Andrews reportedly used the Texas woman's card number as her own.
''It appears that she used it to pay for electric service and for car repairs for a friend,'' White said. ''She reportedly told people the credit card belonged to her grandmother, who lived in New Jersey.''
Police contend that Andrews also used the credit card number at a Barberton fast-food restaurant where she was working.
Detective Gerald Antenucci, who investigates many of Barberton's financial crimes, said there isn't much the Texas woman could have done to prevent the fraudulent transactions.
He said he is seeing more and more identity theft in which the victim doesn't know of the crime until the credit-card statement arrives because the thief steals the card number, not the card.
And it's not just catalog shoppers who are prey to that kind of identity theft.
''Be alert for anyone with a cell phone while you're standing in line to pay or at a bank or a drive-through,'' Antenucci said. ''You hand your debit or credit card through a drive-through window, [the clerk] takes a picture of the card with a cell phone while ringing up your order.''
Antenucci said in one case, a customer used a credit card at an area drive-through business and within two hours, the card had been used to make more than $4,000 in Internet transactions.
''They can transmit the number instantly,'' he said. ''Before you get to the next traffic light, the card is being used on the Internet.''
Antenucci suggested using a credit card instead of a debit card for transactions when you can't see the person taking the order.
While most credit cards will credit accounts for fraudulent transactions, banks will freeze accounts until an investigation is complete — and then it is up to the bank whether to restore the funds, Antenucci said.
''Since you can't see the person, you're really trusting the organization to safeguard your information,'' he said. ''You don't want to use a card that is connected to savings, checking, money market accounts or CDs.''
BARBERTON: All the woman from Texas wanted to order was some fish oil.
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Anti-Politically Correct & Anti-GOP, OH
Posted 09:37 AM, 12/23/2008
This is quite a complex case for the Barberton Police Department. Are you sure they can handle it? I'm shocked that the women from Texas weren't treated like criminals too.
Barberton, OH
Posted 10:54 AM, 12/23/2008
Not too happy about the Barbertucky police department. They need far more training in such things like cyber crime and credit card fraud. Right now, they appear to be a clueless lot.
Posted 11:25 AM, 12/23/2008
Wow CaptE you must be a drug dealer or some punk kid who broke the la and Mr. Hudak was there himself to arrest you.
Or is he tagging your daughter?
Posted 11:53 AM, 12/23/2008
Hey queenie, Barberton cops are great! I applaud their effort to save us good folk from the trash that live here.
I wish Hudak would give that effort instead of harrassing kids at the park.
Posted 12:01 PM, 12/23/2008
My posts, like the food at a buffet table in front of Dectective Hudak, are disappearing!
akron, oh
Posted 08:51 PM, 12/23/2008
the only fools that make fun of police are the criminals themselves... try suggesting something that can help..... your stupid comments just hurt.
Akron, Oh
Posted 09:38 PM, 12/23/2008
Seriously, stop telling us how you need our help without giving us a picture.
Come on already!
Posted 12:07 PM, 12/24/2008
I love Barberton chicken
