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MBG-2021-03-0234 On March 11th, 2021, at approximately 2:44 pm, the victim contacted the police department after receiving in the mail information relating to two credit cards which were opened in the victim’s name. The victim did not open the credit cards. The victim resides in the first block of West Marble Street. They were informed […]

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MBG-2021-02-0254 On February 12th, 2021, at approximately 10:46 am, the police department was contacted by a victim advising they received contact through Facebook Messenger they were being awarded a “grant.” The victim was asked to send a picture of their driver’s license which they did. After this, the victim received a request from someone advising […]

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MBG-2021-02-0253 On February 12th, 2021, at approximately 10:46 am, the police department was contacted by a victim advising they received a mailing saying they were going to be receiving a $10,000 COVID-19 loan. The victim contacted the Department of Labor and determined this was done in the victim’s name, but the victim was not the […]

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MBG-2020-11-0447 On November 20th, 2020, at approximately 6:40 pm, the victim contacted the police department regarding their social security number being used in Ohio. The victim who resides in the 200 block of Westhafer Court reported receiving a debit card from US Bank. The victim believed at first the card was a gift card and […]

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MBG-2020-11-0232 On November 10th, 2020, at approximately 1:49 pm, a victim contacted the police department advising their identity was used to open a “Sprint” account which was not authorized by them. The resident resides in the 600 block of South York Street and reported they found the account during a recent credit check. The account […]

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MBG-2020-09-0453 On September 22nd, 2020, at approximately 9:14 am, the victim contacted the police department after receiving a letter in the mail from a bank about the victim opening a savings account. The victim contacted the bank and advised it was not them who opened the account. The bank verified their information was used to […]

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Unemployment Benefits Not Applied For

MBG-2020-07-0390, MBG-2020-07-0463, MBG-2020-07-0551 The police department has received three complaints from victims where their identity was used to apply for unemployment benefits. In each case, the victim did not apply for the benefits. They received in the mail a packet of information about the benefits and a card which had dollar amounts on them. The […]