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Employee wore special glasses that recorded debit/credit card information of customers’ cards
A Kingston restaurant employee allegedly turned customers’ dining experience into his own pool of potential cyber-crime victims.
Kingston Police say that 20-year-old Jerun Suthaharan, formerly of Kingston and now a resident of Toronto, wore special glasses that recorded the debit/credit card information of customers’ cards. They say he would take the cards from customers, hold them in his hand, and look at them very closely before returning them.
Over the next five months, Suthaharan allegedly made numerous purchases online at a major retailer. He would then take the purchases back to the store for refunds, which were deposited into his personal account.
In an attempt to cover the trace of money, the funds were invested in crypto currency.
During the investigation it was learned that the accused had opened a fake credit card in a family member’s name. The offences in this case took place from Kingston to Toronto.
Toronto Police arrested him and brought him back to the Kingston Police headquarters where he was charged with theft of a credit card, fraud over $5,000, possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000, money laundering, identity theft, fraud under $5,000 and two counts of personation.
He was released from custody on conditions to appear in court at a future date.
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