CLARION BOROUGH, Pa. (EYT) — A North Carolina man is due in court on Tuesday morning on several charges relating to a credit card theft from a Clarion-based business.
According to court documents, a preliminary hearing for 26-year-old Gianny Andrew Marin, of Jacksonville, N.C., is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, July 30, in front of District Judge Timothy Schill.
The charges were filed by the Clarion Borough Police Department on January 12, 2023.
According to a recently released criminal complaint, on November 8, 2022, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Detective Roger Wright of the Clarion Borough Police Department received a report from an employee of J.M. Leasing Co., who provided an email from Comdata.com showing that a transaction for a known J.M. Leasing Co. employee’s fuel card was flagged as suspicious.
Police were provided with a copy of the email, which detailed a transaction at a Speedway Store in Linden, New Jersey, on November 8, 2022, and a copy of the receipt that he obtained from Speedway. The amount of the transaction was $727.94 for 123.400 gallons of diesel fuel. Police were advised that the known employee was currently in possession of this card and was not in New Jersey. The complainant believed that his card may have been skimmed at a Truck Stop in Brookville, because that is normally where his drivers fuel their trucks, the complaint states.
On November 8, 2022, Detective Wright received information from a corporate investigator for Speedway, who to claimed to find the suspect. The investigator explained the suspect looked to be driving a white semi with no trailer. He went in to the store to make his fuel purchase, and then went out to fuel. He then went back in to the store to make a merchandise purchase, and used a debit card before using a registered Speedway Rewards card with name, address, phone and email, the complaint indicates.
Detective Wright also received a copy of video surveillance of the incident, the complaint notes.
The loyalty card was registered to Gianny A. Marin. A search of Marin’s listed phone number revealed it was registered to a female with the same last name and a previous address in North Carolina. Police were able to obtain a N.C. Driver’s License photograph of Marin and compared it to the male in the Speedway surveillance, according to the complaint.
On November 9, 2022, the complainant informed police the company found several other fraudulent purchases using their card numbers and advised that he would put a list together. The additional charges are as follows:
- 10/17/2022 — Flying J #688, Carneys Pt, NJ in the amount of $999.00
- 10/17/2022 — Flying J #688, Carneys Pt, NJ in the amount of $300.00
- 10/17/2022 — Flying J #688, Carneys Pt, NJ in the amount of $200.00
- 10/17/2022 — Flying J #688, Carneys Pt, NJ in the amount of $999.00
- 10/17/2022 — Flying J #688, Carneys Pt, NJ in the amount of $296.93
- 11/04/2022 — Speedway #3503, Linden, NJ in the amount of $999.00
- 11/04/2022 — Speedway #3503, Linden, NJ in the amount of $501.00
- 11/05/2022 — Speedway #3495, Elizabeth, NJ in the amount of $992.75
- 11/06/2022 — Sunoco #7011, Cranbury, NJ in the amount of $160.92
- 11/07/2022 — Speedway #3503, Linden, NJ in the amount of $999.00
- 11/07/2022 — Speedway 33503, Linden, NJ in the amount of $499.71
The fraudulent charges, including the initial amount reported, total $7,675.25, the complaint shows.
Police were advised these were fraudulent charges and were not authorized by J.M. Leasing Co., the complaint states.
Detective Wright requested additional surveillance, but later learned that the transaction at Speedway #3495 was not caught on camera. Surveillance of the additional charges at Speedway #3503 was obtained, and it was noted the two individuals pictured were not Marin. Detective Wright was then provided with surveillance of the additional actors, the complaint indicates.
Marin was charged with the following:
- Access Device Is Counterfeit, Altered, Incomplete, Felony 3
- Conspiracy — Access Device Is Counterfeit, Altered, Incomplete, Felony 3
- Theft By Unlaw Taking-Movable Prop, Felony 3
- Conspiracy — Theft By Unlaw Taking-Movable Prop, Felony 3
- Criminal Use Of Communication Facility, Felony 3
- Conspiracy — Criminal Use Of Communication Facility, Felony 3
Charges have not been filed against the additional actors as of Monday, July 29, 2024.
