Does the police department really investigaste credit card fraud?

Question

my debit card was stolen last week and this person went to walmart, old navy and other places.My bank already gave me provisional credit for it but i really want to know if the police will do anything about it, because i already filed a police report

Answer 1

In the several cases where I've helped people with stolen ID's (Including my own), I can safely say that the police rarely investigate. If they do, then the next battle is get the prosecutor to get the warrant and prosecute.

I have been told that unless there is a very clear path about who did it, and it can be easily proven, then they MAY do something.

About 5 years ago, when my ID was stolen, I had a terrible time even getting the police to take a report. I live in Michigan, The ID theft took place in Illinois. The local police said to call and report it there. Chicago said nope....not their problem, file it locally. Back to my local police department. They said the best they could do is take an incident report, but it would not be investigated. I didn't care, because at that time the credit card companies were beginning to start demanding affidavits and police reports before they would take a claim of ID theft.

Just file the report, and be grateful that you won't be stuck with the bills.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Yes they do. Of course it depends on how much is charged, if it seems like a pattern of fraud, an organized credit card theft ring and other factors. One thing to remember is that there are so many credit card thefts reported every day that the police are sometimes overwhelmed. larger police forces usually have a credit fraud unit that works on these cases. In my local area there have been cases that they have investigated and broken leading to several arrests.

Answer 4

it easily relies upon on the dollar volume of the fraud in touch, the police branch's available investigative ingredients, and the dept's universal caseload. If the cardboard replaced into in basic terms used at WalMart and previous military, and the costs totaled in step with risk a pair hundred money, then I assure that there'll be no attempt to check out. The loss is far too small. Fraud is complicated and time-ingesting to check out, and maximum departments already have their palms comprehensive with DV's and medicines. And, the U.S. won't check out something it somewhat is way less then some hundred thousand money, and comprises a conspiracy of a number of dozen human beings.

Answer 5

They'll try, but they often don't have the resources necessary to track this kind of thing down. They are more likely to catch this person if he or she is a repeat offender and gets caught in the act.

If this had been a credit card, the credit card company does its own investigations. Mine did and found people who were falsifying cards by doctoring the numbers on them.

Sorry for the miserable experience. It is more and more common these days. You have to be really careful where you use your debit card and very careful not to lose it.

Answer 6

No they can't investigate it very much. Every credit card company has a fraud division that investigates and prosecutes the person who stole the card and used it. I used to work in one many years ago.
You did the right thing by reporting it stolen, however, and getting a copy of your police report. The cc company should do the rest. And you probably won't be contacted as to who did it, either.

Answer 7

It's hard to find these predators but it can be done. You would be better off to hire a private eye to track them then ambush um and kill the b*****ds.