Category Archives: Financial Crime

Credit Card Forgery Crew Arrested

Franconia neighborhood patrol units observed suspicious activity in the 6800 block of Springfield Blvd on Thursday February 25, at around 4 p.m. One of the officers observed a male bring out a backpack and place it into a vehicle.  He also smelled an odor of marijuana coming from the room that the subject had just exited.  A drug sniffing canine

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Who’s Knocking on Your Door?

Beware of Scammers and Woodchucks Fraud offenses accounted for 14% of property crimes in Fairfax County in 2014.  Financial scams can be committed over the telephone, through e-mail and even in person. Police have responded to reports of scams that range from phone calls claiming they are from the IRS, Microsoft or a computer company, or a power company. They

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Tysons Urban Team and Christmas Anti-Theft Team Charge Two with Counterfeit Currency

Nathaniel Thompson Byron Lee Giles 1961 Chain Bridge Road, 12/02/15, 6:15 p.m. Macy’s Loss Prevention contacted our Tysons Urban Team and the Christmas Anti-Theft Team to report a male suspect in the store allegedly passing suspicious U.S. currency. Responding officers located the suspect and watched him enter a vehicle driven by another man. Officers stopped the vehicle and identified both

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Beware of Paving Scammers

Make sure to check contractors for business licenses when they come to your door soliciting for work. Detectives believe there may be victims of a scammer using the company name of “Veracity Construction” or “Morgan Paving.” The scams involving this company date back to 2011 and have reportedly been ongoing since that time. The suspect takes payment for a project;

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