CRESTVIEW — Riverdale, Ga. resident Schnikia Scruggs, 44, and Atlanta, Ga. resident George Edward Boyd Jr., 45 are charged with defrauding a financial institution after an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office investigator working a case saw the suspects in the Crestview Walmart parking lot.
The compromised Eglin Federal Credit Union credit card and debit accounts were used at locations in Niceville, Fort Walton Beach, Crestview, and Destin on Jan. 5 and 6.
An OCSO investigator went to the Crestview Walmart Jan. 6 to review a 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 investigator spotted a credit card reader/ writer commonly known as a “skimming device” in the truck in plain view.
During the execution of a search warrant on the truck, investigators found movies, computer equipment, gift cards, jewelry and more.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Okaloosa sheriff's office investigator spots credit card fraud suspects at Crestview Walmart