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January 11, 2012
Cashier steals credit card — and makes big purchase with it
The Brooklyn Paper
by Eli Rosenberg
In Bruce Ratner's Brooklyn malls, if the scammers and pickpockets don't get you, the employees just might.
Targeted
A sneaky cashier stole a woman’s credit card at the Target on Flatbush Avenue on Dec. 29.
The 49-year-old victim told cops that she made a purchase at the store between Atlantic and Fourth avenues at 1:49 pm.
That evening, she discovered that her card had been used for an additional $625 purchase at the store.
When she called the big-box store to find out what had happened, the manager told her a worker had used her card.
...New digs
A fashion-savvy jerk was accused of stealing clothes at a store on Atlantic Avenue on Jan. 3, cops say.
Cops said the man took a pricey coat, a pair of boots, and a gym bag from the Burlington Coat Factory in the Atlantic Terminal Mall before he was busted at around 5 pm.
Had
Two crafty crooks fooled a man into buying a cardboard box full of newspapers for $1,200 in the Atlantic Terminal Mall on Dec. 23.
The 37-year-old victim told cops that the two crooks approached him at noon and told him that they could get him discounted merchandise from Best Buy. The man was given a cardboard box, which he believed contained the merchandise.
When he returned home and opened the box, he was surprised to find newspapers instead of electronics.
...Marshalled
A jerk stole a woman’s wallet from the Marshall’s in the Atlantic Avenue Terminal Mall on Jan. 7.
The 29-year-old victim told cops she placed her wallet on a table at the store at 7 pm, and when she went to get it 40 minutes later, it was gone.
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There were at least more three incidents at the Atlantic Terminal Mall, cops said.
Posted by eric at January 11, 2012 11:54 AM