Cases Involving Hundreds of Counterfeit Credit Cards

June 14

Greendale police arrested two people who had over 100 counterfeit credit cards and out state counterfeit IDs on June 14 at .

security pointed out the car containing Jorge Gonzalez and Lidia Valdivia. The car was then stopped for a traffic violation.

The two flew into Wisconsin after receiving cash, plane tickets and instructions to buy some merchandise for themselves and gift cards, which were then to be sent back to Florida.

Valdivia and Gonzalez were charged with a felony count of credit card forgery and misdemeanor obstructing an officer in the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.

June 15

The next day three women were also arrested after Greendale police found them in possession of 125 counterfeit credit cards in their names.

JC Penney again called Greendale police and pointed out the three women in their car. The women were throwing away receipts out the front window and hiding the fake credit cards.

Hazel Celinda-Nuttall, Charlene S. Stith and Britny T. Cusic, all from Chicago, were charged with three counts of Credit Card Forgery-Alteration in the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.