Walmart employee finds wallet and took photos of credit cards to purchase over $3k worth of merchandise
MANSFIELD TOWNSHIP, NJ (Warren County) – A 17-year-old Mansfield Township Walmart employee was charged after she found a wallet and then allegedly took photos of the credit cards to purchase over $3k worth of merchandise, police said.
On January 15, charges were filed against the 17-year-old girl from Washington for credit card fraud stemming from an incident that occurred on May 24, 2020 at the Walmart, located at 1885 Route 57, police said.
On May 24, 2020, the juvenile, who was an employee of Walmart at the time, located a wallet a customer had dropped in the store. She brought the wallet into the bathroom and took photos of the victim’s credit cards, police said.
She then charged $3,097.39 worth of merchandise to the victim’s cards. Some of the merchandise was recovered, police said.
She was released pending a court appearance.
