A Louisville man was arrested in Evansville, Indiana on Saturday after police say he fraudulently used a victim’s credit cards to purchase multiple gift cards.
On Saturday afternoon, police responded to the east side Walmart to investigate a suspicious situation.
At the store, loss prevention officials told officers that a man, later identified as 61-year-old Christopher Kitrell, had attempted to use multiple bank cards to purchase gift cards.
Kitrell reportedly left the store after successfully buying one $400 gift card using a Bank of America card, which authorities discovered belonged to a woman.
Near the scene, police found a wallet that had been thrown away in a trash can. They say the wallet contained insurance cards and a driver’s license belonging to the victim.
Authorities say Kitrell went to a nearby Home Depot next, where he used a Chase Bank card belonging to the same victim to purchase three $200 gift cards.
After leaving that store, police pulled Kitrell over. They say his Kentucky driver’s license status showed up as “revoked” and that his vehicle didn’t have a license plate on it.
Police say they found the vehicle’s license plate inside the trunk. They say they also found $1,000 worth of gift cards inside the vehicle.
Kitrell was arrested and booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail. He is charged with fraud and several driving-related offenses.
Source: WBKO
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