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Huntington Beach Police drones track down credit card fraud suspects
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New Santa Ana
A group of three retail thieves discovered that planning a shopping spree with fraudulent credit cards is a fast track to jail in Surf City.
The Huntington Beach Police Department reported that a local business flagged a series of unauthorized purchases made using fake cards.
Ground officers utilized the real-time aerial coordinates to conduct a flawless traffic stop, detaining all three occupants without incident.
The use of fraudulent credit cards adds charges of identity theft and credit card fraud.
: Train point-of-sale employees to always cross-reference the name on a physical credit card with a government-issued photo ID for high-value transactions.