Ga man used counterfeit money to purchase over $1,000 of merchandise from Victoria’s Secret
BATON ROUGE, La. Nov 21 2017 An Atlanta, Ga. man is behind bars after police say he and another man ran an elaborate scheme purchasing over $1,000 of merchandise from Victoria’s Secret in the Mall of Louisiana using counterfeit money.
According to arrest records, Baton Rouge Police Department arrested 25-year-old Derrick Burke Friday after receiving reports that he allegedly used counterfeit money to make purchases.
Burke was identified out of a six-person photo lineup by a store employee.
Police say Burke entered the Victoria’s Secret along with another suspect, Antravious Oliver. According to authorities, the pair successfully made three separate purchases using 30 counterfeit $50 bills totaling $1,028.
Police confirmed all the $50 bills had the same serial numbers and appeared to lack security features of a genuine $50 bill.
Burke was identified as the person who successfully completed fraudulent refund transactions for a total of $687.62 from items bought with counterfeit bills at the Pecanland Mall Victoria’s Secret location in Monroe.
Oliver admitted using counterfeit bills in the state of Louisiana as the group traveled from Atlanta, telling police refunds were made at different Victoria’s Secret locations along the way for the exchange of genuine cash.
Burke was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on multiple counts of theft, refund application fraud, monetary instrument abuse and computer fraud. His bail was set at $102,500.
WAFB
