Saturday, April 27, 2013
Two women say they were told this check-cashing thing was 'legit,' but it turns out to cost the a bundle.
Two women, one from Wauwatosa and one from Milwaukee, went to the police station Tuesday to report that they had been duped into a fraudulent check-cashing scheme. They explained to police that an acquaintance had asked them to cash some checks for her and her companion, that they would be given a share of the money, and it was all “legal” and “legit.” Despite some misgivings, they did so, on three occasions, at their own banks, cashing checks for $3,000, $4,000 and $6,000, turning over the money to their acquaintances, and receiving about 10 percent in return. Later, they were notified by their banks that the checks hadn’t cleared and that their own accounts had been debited $4,000 and $9,000 respectively. Police are seeking a known …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Scheme to make hay from items taken from businesses in large office building unravels quickly, but each accomplice tries just as swiftly to deflect blame on the other, according to detectives.
A man and woman from Milwaukee who worked for a cleaning company took out more than the trash from several Wauwatosa businesses, according to a police investigation, and they are now charged with a variety of crimes. Darius Termaine Walker, 21, and Angela Rena Carnes, 47, were charged last week in Milwaukee County Circuit Court; Walker with felony forgery and two counts of possession of stolen property; Carnes with one misdemeanor count of theft. Their cases were separated because, so to speak, they separated their partnership when police uncovered their cleaning scheme. Each has blamed the other for the most serious of the crimes police say they committed. According to the criminal complaints: Reports of thefts began to trickle in from …
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2300 N Mayfair Rd, Wauwatosa, WI
Cleaning crew pair tries to clear out businesses
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Server slipped up when a regular customer with a deal to have her card account automatically reloaded found that it hadn't been – and Mo's managers found there was a shady reason for that.
A 28-year-old Greenfield man has been charged with embezzling funds from his employer by using the business' computer system to create fraudulent gift cards, according to a criminal complaint. Adam C. Podkomerksi was charged April 1 in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with three counts of theft by embezzlement of less than $2,500, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to nine months in jail. It appears from the evidence in the complaint that Podkomerski had kept up a ruse for more than six months by creating phony gift cards from time to time but not using them for large withdrawals at any one time, making the transactions less noticeable. He slipped up, according to his bosses, the police and prosecutors, when he put money on a phony card…
Thursday, March 7, 2013
While working at a men's hair salon in downtown Milwaukee, Lauren Anderson over three months defrauded the owner three different ways, investigators say.
A Wauwatosa woman is charged with stealing almost $24,000 from the Milwaukee men's hair salon where she worked, according to a criminal complaint. Lauren Rose Anderson, 23, was charged Feb. 26 in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with theft by fraud in an amount more than $10,000, a Class G felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to $25,000. According to the complaint: Milwaukee police were called by a forensic accountant hired by Groom for Men, 330 E. St. Paul Ave., after discrepanicies in the books were found. The private accountant and a police detective confirmed that between Nov. 10, 2010, and Jan. 31, 2011, while Anderson was working for the business as office manager, she embezzled funds in the following ways: A …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Temporary agencies were targeted in a scam that netted at least $250,000 and perhaps more by creating phony companies with complicit employees, criminal complaint says.
After an investigation by Wauwatosa police that dates back to January 2010, and a lengthy, secret grand jury proceeding, four people, one a Milwaukee Public Schools employee, have been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud against six metro area temporary employment agencies. There are more suspects in those and related crimes, already totaling about $250,000 bilked from Manpower and other temp providers through payroll scams, according to police reports and a criminal complaint. The defendants are accused of having set up several phony businesses in Wauwatosa and defrauding the temp companies through short-term payments to enrolled employees who did no actual work. Charged with six counts each of felony conspiracy to commit theft by …
Sunday, November 11, 2012
One of two men arrested Wednesday as suspected drunken drivers tells police he had been hoisting a few over the president's re-election before he elected to drive.
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Sunday, November 11, 2012
Two Milwaukee men were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of driving while drunk on the streets of Wauwatosa, one of whom said he had been toasting President Obama's re-election at a party with friends. At 12:58 a.m. Wednesday – about three hours after media began declaring an Obama victory – a 26-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested after he failed to stop for a flashing red light on Wauwatosa Avenue at Harmonee Avenue in the Village. A patrol officer who saw the infraction pulled up behind the driver as he stopped at the drive-up ATM at Chase Bank, 7430 W. State St. A passenger in the car was holding a 16-ounce beer can when the officer walked up to the car, and the driver launched into a speech about President Obama having won re-election…
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Defendant's dealings both billed customers for phones they didn't get and undercut his company, according to a police investigation.
An employee at a Mayfair Mall kiosk is facing fraud charges after a police investigation concluded that he conned customers on their agreements to obtain iPhones so he could sell them. John Timothy Evans, 31, of Waukegan, Ill., was charged Saturday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with two counts of theft by fraud. If convicted, he faces up to 18 months in prison and $20,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Aug. 3, a man went to the Verizon Wireless kiosk in the mall where Evans worked so he could upgrade his cell phone and buy some new accessories. Evans assisted the man in making the purchases, then had him sign an electronic pad and hard-copy documents to complete the transaction. However, the complaint says, Evans …
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Mayfair Mall
2500 N Mayfair Rd, Wauwatosa, WI
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
For some reason, Mexican fast food chain is being targeted for restroom fixtures, and no one has any leads on the bathroom burglar.
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
The manager of Taco Bell, 510 N. Mayfair Rd., reported Tuesday that between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., while the restaurant was open and doing business, someone disassembled and stole the flush valve from the toilet in the men’s restroom. He said the thief had shut off the water to the toilet and left no tools or other evidence behind. He reviewed video of people entering and leaving the restaurant during the day, but he said no one stood out for any reason and there were far too many to be worth investigating. He also told police that this has happened at a number of other Taco Bell restaurants recently. The $300 valve was made of chromed brass. In other recent incidents: Thursday Police stopped and questioned a 20-year-old Milwaukee man …
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Taco Bell
510 N Mayfair Rd, Wauwatosa, WI
Victimized by bathroom fixture burglar
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a large stuffed pizza with everything today, says Waukesha Wimpy. But his record says he makes a habit of overeating and underpaying.
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
After sitting down alone and ordering enough food for a family at a Wauwatosa pizzeria, a rotund Waukesha man was detained and police were called to arrest him when he couldn't pay his bill. Seem a little harsh? Nope, good call. Turns out he makes a habit of stuffing himself for free. At 9:41 p.m. Monday, the 56-year-old Waukesha man was arrested for fraud on a merchant after he ordered $60.56 worth of food at Edwardo’s Pizza, 10845 Blue Mound Rd., and couldn't pay the bill. A server said she brought the man his check after he finished, and he just sat and stared at it for a long time. Then he checked his wallet and said he had no cash. He tried three credit and debit cards, but all were declined. He asked staff to call a check cashing …
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Edwardo's Natural Pizza
10845 W Bluemound Rd, Milwaukee, WI
Waukesha man comes, eats, cannot pay and is arrested
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Sunday, September 16, 2012
For some reason, seven summons supplicating woman's attendance at court in Menomonee Falls were ignored, but once Wauwatosa raised its gavel, she groveled.
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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Who knows what prompted this woman to actually show up in court in Wauwatosa? She doesn't seem to bother when it's Menomonee Falls that calls. At 5:14 p.m. Wednesday, a 37-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested in Municipal Court at Wauwatosa City Hall for outstanding warrants. The court officer reported her as “a fugitive in attendance” after a Crime Information Bureau check showed she was wanted on seven warrants from the Menomonee Falls Police Department. The report did not say why she was ordered to appear in Wauwatosa Municipal Court – or why she deigned to do so. In other recent incidents: Thursday A 24-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for theft after he defrauded Curry Park Automotive, 10745 W. Capitol Dr., by presenting a receipt…
MCHSr
2:59 pm on Sunday, April 28, 2013
You can't cheat an honest person. They won't play the game. Can't prove it, but think it's likely these women knew that this was dishonest money and foolishly trusted the scammer because they had worked/helped him befor. more ›