Hoover police: Women spent $16,500 at Sam's Club using cloned credit cards - part of South FL id
By Erin Edgemon | eedgemon@al.com
Hoover, AL
Hoover police arrested two women accused of using stolen or cloned credit cards to make more than $16,500 in purchases from Sam's Club over two days.
Liyipsi Lopez-Lima, 34, of Hialeah, Fla., and Olga Lidia Gonzalez-Diaz, 40, of Miami were arrested after Hoover police responded to a report from loss prevention employees who suspected the women of using stolen credit cards.
Police found the women to be in possession of at least 42 cloned cards.
The women purchased more than $3,500 in goods using the bogus cards before police arrived at the store at around 3 p.m. on Thursday, according to Hoover police.
Police say the women also used the stolen cards to buy more than $13,000 in merchandise and gift cards from the same store the previous day.
The cloned cards appear to belong to multiple victims whose credit card numbers were stolen using a gas pump skimming device, according to Hoover police.
Several of the victims recently made gasoline purchases at the Bluff Park Exxon on Tyler Road.
Anyone who recently made a gas purchase at this location should check their purchase history for possible fraudulent activity, Hoover police say.
Lopez-Lima and Gonzalez-Diaz are both charged with trafficking in stolen identities. They are being held in the Jefferson County Jail on $250,000 bond.
Investigators believe the women are members of a larger credit card cloning/identity theft ring from south Florida.
Anyone with additional information about this case should call Hoover Detective Ben Nichols at 205-739-7188.