Bank drained after using credit card in taxi
After attending an Indianapolis Colts game and going out for a drink, she and her husband, Josh, took an early-morning cab ride home to the Southport area. The driver put her card into a device that used carbon paper and a manual slider to make an imprint of its face.
Eighteen hours later, police say, the driver and another man walked into a Walmart in Greenfield with a counterfeit card containing Cook-Anderson's account information.
They drained her checking account of $1,040 to buy two laptops, kicking in $62 in cash to cover the rest.
"It literally took me to a zero balance," said Cook-Anderson, 33, who quickly contacted police. Her bank reversed the charge. "We were doing the right thing (by taking a cab), and it backfired."
The driver, Abdi A. Ali, 31, was suspended by A-Star Taxi after the company helped police identify him in images from the Walmart's security video, according to a probable cause affidavit. Ali faces charges of fraud and theft in Hancock County
Eighteen hours later, police say, the driver and another man walked into a Walmart in Greenfield with a counterfeit card containing Cook-Anderson's account information.
They drained her checking account of $1,040 to buy two laptops, kicking in $62 in cash to cover the rest.
"It literally took me to a zero balance," said Cook-Anderson, 33, who quickly contacted police. Her bank reversed the charge. "We were doing the right thing (by taking a cab), and it backfired."
The driver, Abdi A. Ali, 31, was suspended by A-Star Taxi after the company helped police identify him in images from the Walmart's security video, according to a probable cause affidavit. Ali faces charges of fraud and theft in Hancock County
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