Divorced 10 years, man suddenly finds his ex-wife hasn't forgotten him – or his social security number.
A Bayside woman is accused of using her ex-husband’s identity to open up a credit card account and the red flag was back-to-back, maximum withdrawals. Jillian A. Algrin, 61, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Thursday with one count of unauthorized use of personal identification. If convicted, she faces up to three years in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On July 21, the victim contacted the Bayside Police Department and told officers Algrin, who he had divorced 10 years earlier, had opened up a Citibank credit card using his name and Social Security number. The account was opened in October 2011 and the man had no idea it existed until he was contacted by the bank for some suspicious activity…
43.176754
-87.91289
US Bank
400 W Brown Deer Rd, Milwaukee, WI
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Stolen credit card for Apple products and thousands of dollars cashed in Florida.
In just four days, Fox Point police received two reports from residents of fraud which included a stolen credit card and thousands cashed from stolen checks in Florida. The first call came in just before 3 p.m. on Feb. 10. According to the report, someone had tried to purchase a $1,000 gift card from American Express and items from an Apple store with the Fox Point man's credit card. He told the credit card company he did not make the purchases and cancelled the account. However, it's unknown where the purchases were attempted to be made from. Just a few days later, on Valentine's Day, another call came into police when a woman who runs a marketing business from her home told police that someone had cashed two checks with her business’ …
43.149372
-87.902134
Fox Point Police Department
7300 N Santa Monica Blvd, Fox Point, WI
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1578360
/locations/6437415
