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Store owner gets away with credit card fraud for 6 years
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:41:32 -0500
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2007/12/former_hardware.html By Globe Staff The former owner of a South Boston hardware store has been indicted on 46 charges for allegedly using the store to gather customer credit card numbers and make fraudulent charges. And there's more trouble ahead for Erik Joseph, 51, the Suffolk district attorney's office said today. The prosecutors said that the grand jury that indicted Joseph yesterday only had time to consider his American Express transactions. His transactions on Visa, MasterCard, and debit cards will be considered by another grand jury. "The scope of these offenses is monumental," Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said in a statement. Joseph allegedly scammed customers at Seaport Hardware on Congress Street, funneling the money to fake businesses and then from there to dozens of accounts at various Boston banks. Joseph's attorney, George McMahon of Quincy, said he hadn't seen the indictment so he had no comment. But he said Joseph "is going to fight this. He's pleaded not guilty and that's the way it's going to be." In the current indictment, Joseph faces 23 counts of larceny over $250 and 23 counts of fraudulent use of a credit card. The total losses alleged: $290,894. The indictments come after Joseph's Nov. 27 arrest on a single count of larceny stemming from the scam. The case will now move from District Court to Superior Court. Evidence suggests that Joseph began the scam in 2001 and continued it for the next six years, prosecutors said. Joseph is free on $75,000 bail, said district attorney's spokesman Jake Wark.
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