Men Caught With Fake Credit Cards At Walmart: Wallingford Police

WALLINGFORD, CT — Two New York men were arrested last week after police say they were found to be in the possession of 13 fraudulent credit cards at Walmart in Wallingford. At about 12 noon on March 1, Wallingford Police responded to Walmart on the report of two men engaging in “suspicious activity” in the self-checkout line, according to Lt. Cheryl Bradley.

Bradley said the men were swiping numerous credit cards to buy gift cards, which she said is an “activity commonly associated with credit card fraud.”

Arriving officers identified the men as Deshawn Reid, 25, and Tariq Jamel Shaheed, 26, both of Brooklyn, New York. They were found to be in possession of 13 fraudulent credit cards, according to Bradley.

Bradley said some of the cards lacked names and account numbers and other cards contained the same account numbers, but with different banks.

Reid and Shaheed were each arrested and charged with receipt of money/goods obtained by illegal use of credit card, illegal use of a credit card, credit card theft and sixth-degree larceny. They were also charged with conspiracy for each of the charges.

Both Reid and Shaheed were held on $50,000 bonds and appeared in court on March 2.