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George Edward Boyd, Jr.
Schnikia Scruggs
Two Georgia residents suspected of shopping with credit card numbers stolen from members of Eglin Federal Credit Union are behind bars after an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Investigator working the crimes spotted them in a parking lot.
The compromised credit card and debit accounts were used at locations in Niceville, Fort Walton Beach, Crestview, and Destin on January 5th and 6th.
An OCSO investigator went to the Crestview Walmart January 6th to review surveillance video for potential leads. In the video, a tall black female was seen using the fraudulent card the previous day, then getting into a black pickup truck.
While watching the video, the investigator learned stolen card numbers had also been used at the Niceville Walmart a short time earlier. Loss Prevention officers sent photos of the female suspect and the pickup truck with Georgia license number PZH9450.
The investigator was leaving the store when he spotted the same truck in the Crestview Walmart parking lot. He immediately made contact with the man and woman inside and noted the female had on the exact same clothing as the suspect in the Niceville Walmart photo.
In addition, the OCSO investigator spotted a credit card reader/ writer commonly known as a “skimming device” in the truck in plain view. 44-year old Schnikia Scruggs of Riverdale Georgia and 45-year old George Edward Boyd Jr. of Atlanta Georgia are now charged with defrauding a financial institution.
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