Woman Used Fake Credit Cards And Gift Cards: NCPD

NEW HYDE PARK, NY–Sovanna Imani Durant, 23, used fraudulent credit cards and gift cards to steal over $12,000 worth of merchandise from a Victoria's Secret on Monday, police say.

Durant, who is homeless, entered the Victoria's Secret located at 1450 Union Turnpike, New Hyde Park, several times throughout the morning and into the afternoon and made numerous purchases using multiple credit cards and gift cards, detectives say. Her actions were eventually noticed by a loss prevention manager. It was then determined that the credit cards and gift cards she used were fake.

Police were contacted, and they arrested Durant without incident.

Upon further investigation, the credit cards and gift cards used were recoded cards that used Victoria's Secret account holder's accounts.

Durant was charged with third-degree grand larceny, five counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument and third-degree unlawful possession of personal identification. She is scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court, Hempstead on Tuesday.