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SCPD Searching for Credit Card Thief

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By Published: March 11 2014

LongIsland.com

An unidentified man used stolen credit card information to make a purchase at the Walt Whitman Mall.

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Huntington Station, NY - March 11, 2014 - Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and New York State Police are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the man who used stolen credit card information at a store in the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington Station.
 
A man entered the Apple Store, located at 160 Walt Whitman Road, on February 20, at approximately 3:45 p.m. and purchased an Apple iPhone with information from a credit card that did not belong to him.
 
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.