Police Told $9,500 Stolen from Milton Woman's Bank Account

 A Birmingham Highway resident learned someone had cashed checks totaling $9,500 on her BB&T checking account when an overdraft notice arrived in the mail on June 7.

BB&T investigators learned that checks of $4,500 and $5,000 were cashed at North Carolina banks in Graham and Greensboro.

A credit check also revealed someone opened a fraudulent Belk account in her name at a Greensboro, NC store.

The victim has since closed that bank account.

Milton Man Suffers from Tax Return, Credit Card Fraud

A Whitshire Way resident was the victim of tax return and credit card fraud, he told Milton police on June 20.

The Milton resident said on April 15 he filed his tax return online and was told someone had already used his Social Security number to file a tax return.

Flash forward to the week of June 10, and he received a letter from Citibank thanking him for applying for a credit card. But the victim hadn't applied for the card. He said on June 20 that Citibank told him the person who opened the credit card account added a second name to the account.

That account was frozen. He issued fraud alerts with the credit reporting agencies and froze his own credit.

IRS Letter Reveals Tax Return Fraud from 2011

Having an identity protection service didn't stop someone in Tampa from using a Milton woman's identity to file a fraudulent tax return.

The local resident told Milton police on June 16 she didn't learn her identity was stolen in 2011 until she received a letter from the IRS in May 2013. She was told by the IRS to report the fraud to local police.

Identity Thief Spends Hundreds of Dollars at Home Depot

A Buckland Run woman reported to Milton police that someone fraudulently used her credit card at a Home Depot in Douglasville on June 16.

The victim told police that she checked her Bank of American account online on June 17 and discovered the fraudulent $206 charge.

She has cancelled her credit card.

For questions about this blotter, email Bob Pepalis.