Employee Used Customer's Credit Card Info to Make Purchase: Police

An employee at a Woodbury company was arrested Tuesday for using a customer’s credit card to make an unauthorized purchase of nearly $1,000, police say.

According to authorities, Keon I. Carter, 21, of Amityville, who had access to customer credit card accounts as an employee at a customer service center for credit cards, used his authority to access an account and make a $975 purchase at PC Richards.

Crimes Against Property detectives placed Carter under arrest at 3:55 p.m. at his place of employment without incident. He was charged with five counts of computer trespass and petty larceny. He will be arraigned Wednesday at First District Court in Hempstead.

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