In a surprise bust in Point Loma Friday night, San Diego Police arrested a couple who they say were creating fraudulent credit cards using real San Diegans’ identities.
Undercover financial crimes detectives ended a three-month long investigation by taking a woman and her boyfriend, both in their 30s, into custody at the corner of Plumosa Drive and Chatsworth Boulevard.
Police say the two moved around from hotel to hotel, occasionally staying with friends as they operated their illicit business.
According to investigators, the suspects stole wallets and purses, mostly from parked cars, and used the personal identity information to craft fraudulent credit cards.
They then charged about $1,000 a day for goods and services, police say.
“No comment please,” the man said as he was arrested Friday.
The undercover detectives confiscated evidence from the trunk of the woman’s car that appeared to be material needed to make fake cards.
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The couple could face a number of serious charges in connection with identity theft and fraud, according to officials on scene. The couple was arrested outside the home of one of their parents, but they were not operating out of that house, detectives clarified.
