CaALGARY – Police have charged a 24-year-old Calgary man with 36 charges related to fraud and breach of court conditions.
Andrew Robert Wannek has been charged with 12 counts of fraud under $5,000, 12 counts of unlawful use of credit card data and 12 counts of breach of probation.
In November 2014, police investigated a public tip that lead to several instances of credit and debit card fraud that occurred at a number of businesses between March and October 2014.
Police believe Wannek entered stolen credit card numbers into PIN pads while making purchases, often against store policy, forcing store clerks to refund the purchases onto stolen debit cards.
In other instances, he is believed to have increased the purchase amount on the PIN pad and refunded himself.
Wannek is to appear in court April 28, 2015.
Police are reminding business owners to take precautionary measures to prevent fraud, including awareness of suspicious behaviour, checking for matching receipts, only swipe transactions when a card does not have a chip, and develop a daily routine to check equipment for tampering.
Anyone with information regarding is asked to contact police at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 or www.calgarycrimestoppers.org.
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