Crime & Safety
House Cleaner Accused Of Stealing Credit Card, Running Up Charges
House cleaner made numerous purchases as gas stations, stores and got her car washed after stealing a client's credit card, cops said.
WESTERN SPRINGS, IL -- A house cleaner was arrested after she rang up hundreds of dollars in fraudulent charges on a credit card she stole from a client, prosecutors said. Jennifer Myslinski, 36, of Lyons, appeared before Cook County Judge John Mahoney on a felony charge of identity theft.
Between March 26 and March 29, the prosecutor said Myslinski was employed by a cleaning agency for a woman in Western Springs. When the woman began noticing fraudulent charges on her Capital One credit card, she called police
Myslinski was arrested on April 17, where she allegedly admitted to taking the woman’s credit card off a table. According to court records, Myslinski rang up $837 in fraudulent charges at McDonald’s, assorted BP gas stations, Kohl’s, Walgreens, Vapes, Family Dollar, Walmart, Target and Brookfield Express Car Wash.
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The prosecutor said Myslinski has no prior criminal background. She was released on a $10,000 I bond. Myslinski is due back in court May 2 in Bridgeview.
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