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EE. TTT Ey) Man faces 87 charges evel in credit | 'WCOLLSION wen | card scam INWRITING® A Port Perry man appeared in court ® INSURANCE CLAIMS ® Wednesday » fase; SW charges in rela- : : = tion to a credit card scam that police say cost "RENTAL CARS AVAILABLE . victims more than $270,000. David William Sanderson, a 26-year-old Rosa St. resident, was scheduled to make an 'appearance on April 12 to face a total of 87 charges in relation to credit card fraud. Following the arrest of a man on Feb. 28 of this year at a Future Shop. store in Ajax; Durham Regional. Police seized: - lent credit cards. Police say the ¢ ased at the'Ajax store, and-at Fu Shop store in Whitby eailiér that day. ~~ A second man believed to have been involved in these incidents managed to' escape police at the time. As a result of an ongoing investigation, Durham Police detectives, along with the assistance of TD Visa security, were able to identify three local gas bar locations in. Durham as a possible origin of the fake cards. It is alleged by police that between December 1999 and February 2000, numer- ous incidents of credit card "skimming" took place at the Ridgeview Cango Gas Bar on Simcoe St. in Port Perry; the Sunderland Olco (Eagle 'Station) on Hwy. 12 just south of - Sunderland in Scugog Township; and the Shell-Beaver station in the Port Bolster area in Brock Township. An April 4 fire at the Ridgeview Gas Bar south of Port Perry was determined to be arson by the Ontario Fire Marshal's Office. A criminal investigation is being currently con- ducted by Durham Police. : Skimming is essentially stealing the encoded information on legitimate credit cards to make fake ones. During purchases, ETA LY sop v ss 8v000vs 08 ES CHRIS HALL / PORT PERRY STAR GOTCHA: Durham Regional Police officers were conducting a spring enforcement : h blitz Tuesday (April 11) in north Durham. Four teams of officers spent the entire day oli Beds Jie wiped Shrough 1a d es keeping a watch on motorists' speeds, seatbelt use, and other rules of the road. Here, : Const. Clay Harnum, who works out of 19 Division in Pickering, keeps tabs on 'Please turn to page 5 motorists'on Reach St. ' CDH REACH pr - Serving Port Perry, Uxbridge and surrounding areas since 1981 SE SE Sr Er i [PORT PERRY h auto glass & trim ui,