Police Charge Suspect with Credit Card Forgery

A Maryland man was charged with credit card forgery after officers discovered him using credit card equipment in his car in a Mount Vernon shopping center parking lot over the weekend, according to police. Here’s more about the incident from the news release:

Mount Vernon patrol officers responded to a citizen report of a “suspicious” vehicle parked in a lot in the 7700 block of Richmond Highway on Saturday at around 3 p.m.

Patrol officers engaged in discussion with occupants of the Toyota Corolla and charged them with trespassing, as the shopping center had a “no trespassing sign” posted nearby.

An observant shopper then approached the officer and reported that he had seen the two occupants of the Corolla with a computer, a credit card encoder, and a stack of credit cards and the scene felt “suspicious” to him.

Financial Crimes Detectives were called and responded to the scene. After further investigation, detectives determined that suspects were reportedly sitting at this spot, uploading fraudulent credit card information onto blank gift cards and using them as actual credit cards. They were in in the parking lot waiting on others (people known to the suspects) to arrive and “shop.”

Nathanial Henry, 35, of Temple Hills, Md. was charged with trespassing and credit card forgery. Randolph Marrow, 36, of Washington DC was charged with trespassing. The investigation is ongoing and additional charges may be pending.

PHOTO: Nathaniel Henry of Temple Hills, Md. FCPD photo