Macy’s employee arrested in refund scheme www.privateofficer.com
Posted by privateofficernews on April 27, 2008
Macy’s employee arrested in refund scheme www.privateofficer.com
Skoie IL. April 27 2008
By: Rick McCann
Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers
www.privateofficer.com Investigators with the loss prevention department of Macy’s and the police have arrested a Macy’s employee today after an investigation into a refunding scheme.
Police say that Benjamin Vazquez, 36, of 9050 Lacrosse, Skokie, was arrested on felony theft charges stemming from an investigation conducted by store loss prevention agents.
Vazquez is scheduled to appear in court April 18 on a felony retail theft charge resulting from incidents between the morning of June 23 and the night of April 9 in Macy’s at the Old Orchard mall.
Police said Vazquez, a Macy’s employee, refunded merchandise that he had stolen from the store and that was not his own and then credited his credit card account.
The internal investigation showed that Vazquez took more than $50,707 from last June to April.
Authorities call this a large retail theft case but would not say if any other employee of Macy’s was involved in this refund scheme.
Vazquez is scheduled to appear in court April 18 on a felony retail theft charge resulting from incidents between the morning of June 23 and the night of April 9 in Macy’s at the Old Orchard mall.
Police said Vazquez, a Macy’s employee, refunded merchandise that he had stolen from the store and that was not his own and then credited his credit card account.
The internal investigation showed that Vazquez took more than $50,707 from last June to April.
Authorities call this a large retail theft case but would not say if any other employee of Macy’s was involved in this refund scheme.
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