Police discover suspected $1 million credit card fraud
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WINNIPEG – Police say they uncovered a credit card fraud worth as much as $1 million early Friday morning while investigating a vehicle break-in downtown.
Police said the rented vehicle, which was parked at Notre Dame Avenue and Albert Street, contained items associated with illegal credit card trafficking.
Police found the man who had rented the vehicle nearby. He attempted unsuccessfully to flee police in a taxi.
Police obtained a search warrant to search the vehicle and a hotel room, discovering hundreds of fraudulently obtained credit cards, a skimming device, laptop computers and thousands of dollars worth of legitimate gift cards.
Philip Kevin Zilber Curtin, 26, of Vancouver was charged with a variety of offences related to the illegal possession of credit card data and credit cards as well as possession of property obtained by crime and mischief under $5,000. He was detained at the Winnipeg Remand Centre.