In September 2014, the Menlo Park Police Department was advised of an alleged large scale theft by credit card fraud at a local business. This investigation uncovered seven known victims with a combined loss of over $200,000.
On October 7, 2014, Menlo Park Police officers and detectives served simultaneous search warrants at Menalto Cleaners located at 1921 Menalto Ave., and a residence in the 400 block of O’Connor Street in Menlo Park. Numerous items of evidence were seized pursuant to these search warrants. Investigation now indicates over 30 additional possible victims in this fraud with losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Investigators are in the process of contacting these possible victims.
The Menlo Park Police Department is recommending that anyone who has used the services of the above business to examine any credit card statements and receipts for the past three years and if they believe that they have been a victim of fraud to contact Detective Steve Knopp at (650) 330-6364 or [email protected].
The investigation is continuing and at this time there have been no arrests made in connection to this alleged fraud.
Refer to case #14-2632
Media Inquiries: Contact Commander Dave Bertini at (650) 330-6321 or [email protected].
