Former BCVB employees accused of missusing company credit cards to go on trial (The Brownsville Herald)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Two former employees of the Brownsville Convention and Visitors Bureau who were accused of misappropriating more than $280,000 in unauthorized credit card purchases will go to trial in November.

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Pair suspected of using stolen credit cards (Sugar Land Sun)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Sugar Land Police are looking for two people who allegedly used stolen credit cards to make purchases at Walmart.

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Call about credit cards is a scam (Billings Gazette)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Many Montanans have been receiving calls purportedly “alerting” them to the deactivation or suspension of their debit or credit card, followed by a phone number to call. The Montana Credit Union Network is urging recipients to not call the number; the call is a “phishing” scam.

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Dierkes: Credit cards not accepted (Jambar)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

I go to Youngstown State University, the Sam’s Club of college education. I have no reason to complain about being in debt up to my ankles. But I still don’t trust credit cards.

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Cuomo calls on gas stations to stop surcharges on credit card customers (The Journal News)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

ALBANY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is warning gas stations across the state not to engage in “bait-and-switch” tactics by posting lower cash-only prices for gas and then charging higher prices for credit card customers.

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Brazen credit card theft leads to conviction (The News)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

NEW?GLASGOW – A 25-year-old woman who stole John Hamm’s credit card from church and worked with her common-law partner to steal a purse from an elderly lady in Stellarton has been sentenced to probation.

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QCR Holdings, Inc. Announces Gain From the Sale of Merchant Credit Card Acquiring Business (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

MOLINE, Ill., Aug. 29, 2008 — QCR Holdings, Inc. announced today that the Company has sold its Merchant Credit Card Acquiring business to Veracity Payment Solutions, Inc. . The transaction will result in an after-tax gain of approximately $3.0 million in the third quarter of 2008.

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Crime Stoppers offers reward in credit card abuse case (The Atascocita Observer)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

On June 4, an unidentified suspect broke into a woman’s vehicle and took her purse, which contained several credit cards. When the victim called to cancel her cards, she was informed that her Visa card had already been used twice.

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Pleasant Grove police crack theft and credit-card-fraud ring (Deseret Morning News)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Police officers have cracked a theft and credit-card fraud ring, leading to the recovery of thousands of dollars of stolen items ranging from plasma TVs to underwear.

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Man Sentenced for Stealing Credit Card Numbers 8/29/08 (CBS 7 West Texas)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

A 20-year-old Pecos man accused of stealing credit card numbers at three local restaurants was sentenced to two years in prison. Gonzalo Reyna was found guilty of credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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