IN - A woman stole a 74-year-old woman's wallet and then posed as the elderly victim to steal thousands of dollars from her account, Indianapolis police said.Sgt. Paul Thompson said police are looking for the woman and that investigators think she may have pulled off similar schemes in the past.
Wearing a wig, red glasses and a dark jacket, the woman was seen on surveillance images taken inside a bank.
The incident began on May 19, when the victim reported her wallet had been taken at a Marsh store in Nora.
Thompson: "She received a call that two of her credit cards had been fraudulently used at a local store." The total purchases on those two attempts were almost $4,000. Luckily, the store did not approve those particular purchases, and that fraud was prevented."
However, the woman was able to withdraw $6,500 from the victim's account at the National City Bank on North Meridian Street.
Investigators do believe there is a disguise being used by the suspect.
Police asked anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS.
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Police: Woman Posed As Elderly Victim, Stole Thousands
6 comments:
Lock this thief up and throw away the key.
Sgt. Paul Thompson is 100% correct.
This female predator belongs in a cage for the rest of her life.
It is just too easy, if people have the will and nerve to abuse. Let her spend her "golden years" in jail.
where is she now? bet this crook is stealing from another easy target and then on to the next one. go get her crime stoppers and pull her plug.
Pull her plug and plaster her face all over the internet for everyone to see and shame her for the rest of her life.
We need to go back to the good old days, the old ways, how about the scarlet letter deterrent method after the crook serves a long prison sentence?
Branding people would warn society what they are up against and give people a chance to run.
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