Crime & Safety
Sammamish Police Blotter: Credit Card Fraud and a Cashier's Check Swindle get Reported
The following information was supplied by the Sammamish Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Tuesday, July 12
Fraud: A man living on Southeast 30th Street contacted police after his bank notified him of 19 fraudulent charges totaling $14,839.29 on his Visa card. The man still had the card in his possession and had no idea how anyone acquired the card data.
Thursday, July 14
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Fraud: A Sammamish couple living on 216th Avenue Northeast were contacted by a potential buyer in the United Kingdom for one of their duplex units and sent a cashier’s check for $8,900 that they were to apply to the cost of the unit. The buyer wanted to put down $4,900. The buyer asked that the remainder be wired to their decorators ($1,970) and shippers ($1,900). Believing this to be scam, the couple contacted Western Union and the police.
Check Forgery: Police arrested a man after the Bank of American branch on the Issaquah-Pine Lake Road contacted them and reported that a man had attempted to pass a $525 check that was later confirmed as stolen. A search of a nearby van netted police two stolen checks, a slip of paper with practice signatures written on it, and a pen.
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