Centreville Man Arrested For Identity, Credit Card Theft: Police

CENTREVILLE, VA — The Fairfax County police arrested a Centreville man Friday for idetify theft and credit card crimes that he allegedly committed in 2018. The man, 37-year-old Robert Tindall, is facing felony charges of identity theft, credit card theft and five counts of credit card forgery.

The initial credit card fraud report that was eventually linked to Tindall was filed in April 2019. However, the alleged criminal activity occurred in mid to late 2018, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

The police noted last Friday that their detectives exhausted all investigative leads at the time of the initial credit card fraud report in 2019. But detectives from the police department's Major Crimes Bureau’s Financial Crimes Squad received a tip in January that helped jumpstart its investigation.

With the new information, Fairfax County detectives obtained arrest warrants for Tindall, who is being held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on no bond.

The alleged identity and credit card theft occurred when the victim was receiving services through FACETS, a nonprofit organization that assists in providing emergency shelter and other resources to those in need. Tindall was employed at FACETS during the time and met the victim through his position there, according to the police.