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06/20/2014

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custody at his home on the afternoon of June 17, the release adds. Stahl is charged with one felony count of Video Voyeurism and is being held with- out bond. Detectives obtained surveillance video from the store, "which clearly showed the inci- dent and helped confirm that the suspect was the registered owner of the vehicle," Aaron Stahl, 35, of 411 Beverly Road, Venice. They obtained an arrest warrant and took him into On June 13, the same day two other men were arrested in a similar case at the same place, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office took a Miami man into custody for allegedly using cloned credit cards. (See the related item above.) A Walmart loss prevention employee at the Cattlemen Road store in Sarasota contacted deputies regarding a suspicious man who bought gift cards with fraudulent credit cards, a news release explains. When deputies stopped the suspect, the release continues, he had more than a dozen credit and gift cards in his possession. "Detectives ran the card numbers and confirmed that nine of them had altered magnetic strips with actual bank account numbers of victims on them," the release says. The suspect allegedly used three of those cards to buy new gift cards in Walmart, it adds. Leinier Ormas-Aguila, 26, of Miami is charged with Unlawful Possession of the Personal Identification Information of Another Person. "Detectives are working with banks to notify victims of the fraudulent activity on their accounts," the release notes. Suspects obtain credit card information in a number of ways, the release continues. "In addition to swiping victim's cards with a cloning machine, some buy account numbers online," it points out. "Stolen account infor- mation is often provided by people working inside companies that require and store cus- tomer credit card information," the release says. "When that is the case, there is not much victims can do to protect themselves," so it is crucial for people to review account state- ments regularly and consider signing up for credit monitoring services, the release adds. MIAMI MAN ARRESTED IN CLONED CREDIT CARD CASE Leinier Oramas-Aguila/Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader June 20, 2014 Page 87

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