String of Debit Card Thefts Occur

Several incidents of debit card fraud have occurred in the Niles area, according to police reports. Some are related to the dozens of debit card numbers someone apparently got  

• A 43-year-old woman living in the 7200 block of Breen, Niles, reported on May 2 that someone removed $1,006 from her ATM account. The withdrawals were made in Los Angeles and Pasadena, California.
• On May 2, a 54-year-old woman from the 6900 block of Jonquil, Niles, reported her bank debit/credit card was used at a Homer Glen location to fraudulently withdraw $503. She has the card in her possession and thinks it was skimmed.
• A 74-year-old woman called from a business in the 7300 block of Milwaukee Ave., Niles, to say she had made a $200 ATM withdrawal there and later discovered someone fraudulently withdrew $1,008 from her account from a California location. She said she only used the card at the 7300 N. Milwaukee location, a bowling alley.
• On May 2, a 49-year-old Wheeling woman reported she used her debit card at a Wheeling retail store, and a short time later, an unknown male withdrew $1,000, in two transactions, from her account. Her credit card company notified her.
• A 39-year-old woman tried to use her ATM debit card and it was declined. Her bank advised that two withdrawals, totaling $1,006, had been made.
• A 40-year-old woman living in the 8900 block of Ozanam, Niles, discovered someone withdrew $503 from her account using an ATM in New Hall, Calif. The victim used her card at a Michaels store on March 25.
• A 65-year-old woman living in the 7900 block of Nordica, Niles, had $383 removed from her debit card bank account. It was withdrawn from a California ATM. She used the debit card at a Michaels store on April 28. 
• On May 3, a 36-year-old Park Ridge woman reported someone took $503 from her ATM card account. She had used the card at the Niles Michaels store during the last weekend in March.
• A 30-year-old Niles woman in the 8800 block of Grand Avenue reported that her bank ATM information was used to make three withdrawals, in the amounts of $503, $303 and $203, at a bank in Homer Glen. She still has the card and shopped at a Michaels about six weeks ago.
• A 72-year-old Schaumburg man reported May 2 that his ATM card was used at a Niles store--not Michaels--to make purchases, in one instance for $894.92 and in another instance for $761.01. He has not used the card at Michaels.