Florida men charged with using stolen credit cards at Waterville Wal-Mart
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WATERVILLE — A pair of Florida men were arrested Wednesday after police said they used stolen credit card numbers to buy items at Wal-Mart before trying to evade arresting officers.
Yordan Chavezalvarez, 38, and Yunior Bencomoperez, 31, both of Miami, were reported at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to have used stolen credit card numbers to buy small items and load money onto gift cards at the chain store on Waterville Commons Drive, according to Waterville police Deputy Chief Bill Bonney.
The men were seen using multiple credit cards, which Bonney said merchants are trained to recognize as suspicious activity. Bonney said they used the stolen numbers and encoded the numbers onto multiple prepaid credit cards.
Bonney said police were called to the store and were told the two men were seen getting into a pickup truck. He said an officer arrived and the two men were seen “leaving at a high rate of speed.” They then drove down Main Street, leading officers on a short chase at speeds of about 35 to 40 mph. However, the two were stopped by traffic and then arrested.
Read more: http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/03/16/florida-men-charged-with-using-stolen-credit-cards-at-waterville-wal-mart/