Woman faces fraud charges
Published 10:03 pm Monday, January 26, 2015
Suffolk police are asking for help from the public in finding a woman accused in a December string of fraudulent check card transactions.
Lynette Maria Riddick, 31, of Suffolk, is suspected in at least 29 incidents in which the check card belonging to an elderly woman was used without the victim’s permission, Suffolk spokeswoman Diana Klink stated in a press release.
The card was first used at Dollar Deals on North Main Street on Dec. 16, and then again in a series of transactions around Suffolk during the next five days, according to Klink.
Riddick is employed by Serenity Home Health Care Inc. and provided home health services for the elderly victim, Klink stated.
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