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Incident Report for Case #2010-35502
Incident Type
FraudIncident Date
02/08/2010 - 4:52 PMAddress
662 State Street (UW Credit Union)Suspect(s)
Male, Latino, 30-35 years old, 5'8" to 5'9", 180 to 200 lbs., dark complexion, curly black hair, goatee, cut upper lip, wearing earrings, a black jacket over a black sweatshirt that had a white emblem on its front, and dark jeans. He is said to resemble Major League Baseball pitcher Pedro Martinez.Victim(s)
Male, age 21, MadisonDetails
He started out thinking he had done a good deed, but as a few hours passed the gut feeling that he had gotten involved in something suspicious grew - to the point where the 21-year old downtown resident knew he had to call police. He explained it was around 2:30 in the afternoon, Monday, February 8th, when he encountered a man outside of the UW Credit Union on State Street. The man was in a bind said he was from out of town, and needed to cash a check, which he could not do because he was not a member of the UW Credit Union. He offered the passerby $10 if he would go in and cash the $480 personal check. The young man said he did not want any money, but was willing to do this as a favor. So, he went in, signed his name on the check, and gave the cash to the man outside. Madison Police, working with a UW Credit Union Fraud investigator, and a Bank of America Corporate Security investigator, determined there were actually two $480 dollar checks cashed at the credit union that day: one by the man who contacted police, another by a second – likely unsuspecting - individual. Both checks were linked to a bank account out of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The account was closed on January 22, 2010 for being overdrawn.Released 02/18/2010 at 9:43 AM by PIO Joel DeSpain
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