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\nA homeless man told police he had spent last month using stolen credit card numbers to stay in a hotel, according to court records.<\/p>\n
\nA homeless man told police he had spent last month using stolen credit card numbers to stay in a hotel, according to court records.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Bowling Green Police officers made contact with 36-year-old Matthew Wallace at Staybridge Suites due to an active warrant.<\/p>\n
Police also received information that Wallace was using stolen credit card numbers to rent rooms.<\/p>\n
According to the citation, Wallace waived his Miranda Rights and agreed to speak with police.<\/p>\n
Wallace confirmed he has been obtaining credit card numbers both from the dark web and from other means and renting rooms with the stolen information for a couple months.<\/p>\n
Police say he estimated 25 of the past 30 nights he had used stolen information to rent rooms.<\/p>\n
According to court records, a conservative estimate would place his fraudulent use of a credit card at at least $2,500 (using $100 per night).<\/p>\n
Wallace said the reason for the fraud was so he and his boyfriend didn\u2019t have to sleep in the cold.<\/p>\n
He also admitted to providing stolen credit card information to other subjects.<\/p>\n
Evidence from his phone, viewed with consent from Wallace, supports that he was trafficking in the financial information.<\/p>\n
Wallace was arrested and charged with trafficking in financial information, fraudulent use of a credit card ($1,000 but less than $10,000), and was served an active warrant for another police agency.<\/p>\n
He is being held in the Warren County Jail under a $25,000 cash bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on January 26.
\nSource: WBKO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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