Rise in fraud expected
The Christchurch C. 1.8. fraud squad expects a sharp rise in complaints about bad cheques and the misuse of credit cards in the next two wieeks. “Just before Christmas we had a substantial number of complaints of chequebook thefts, in particular from cars and. to a lesser extent, from houses.” said the head of the squad. Detective Senior-Sergeant Roger Carson. “It is pretty obvious what they were stolen for.”
Christmas Eve \vas the favoured period for such frauds because the holidays meant they took longer to
come to light within the banking system. The fraud squad had received only a few complaints so far because there had been only six working days since Christmas Eve.
Detective Senior-Sergeant Carson said that deliberate overspending on credit cards had increased with the increased use of credit cards. People who deliberately spent more than they were allowed on their credit cards committed an offence that was treated as seriously as passing a bad cheque. The maximum sentence was seven years imprisonment.
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