Possible fraud involving prepaid card scheme investigated, Elizabethtown KY
FraudAuthorities responded near Nancy Drive to investigate reports of individuals in a new Mercedes-Benz asking people to load money onto prepaid cards, suspected as a fraudulent activity potentially linked to tax evasion. The caller, now home, is concerned about being followed and requested a welfare check.
Audio|Source: Hardin County Sheriff, Radcliff Police, Vine Grove Police & KSP-4
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Transcript:
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10-4[1]. Can you respond near Nancy Drive, repeating near Nancy Drive, in reference to a possible fraud incident? Break.
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Said, new Mercedes Benz has been driving around asking people to put money on cards for them.
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He stated that they are buying these cards and not using them.
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Caller said he thinks he could be using them in tax evasion.
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Also received another complaint that just occurred at the Dollar General when he put $300 on a card for him.
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Go ahead.
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10-4[1].
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398, the city advised that they would take a report if he came down there, but he's called back in three times, and he,
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last time he called the city thinks they're following him, so it's really kind of a welfare check as well.
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Go ahead.
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Ten-four, is he still at that Dollar General?
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Negative, he's at home and he thinks these people have followed.
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Go ahead.
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10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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Location mentioned:
Nancy Dr, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
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