Pair Jailed in Credit Card Theft Case
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A Canoga Park couple were in Ventura County Jail on Thursday on suspicion of using stolen credit cards to purchase more than $60,000 worth of goods over several months from Ventura County Kmart stores.
Sito and Dawn Valenzuela were arrested Wednesday by Ventura County sheriff’s deputies after a monthlong investigation, a department spokesman said.
Investigators were alerted to the possible fraud after a security officer at the Moorpark Kmart noticed a pattern in the use of stolen cards.
The Moorpark store lost about $4,000 worth of merchandise due to the fraud, the spokesman said.
Investigators believe the couple are responsible for more than $60,000 of fraudulent purchases from Kmart stores in the county, buying everything from electronics, food and pet supplies, officials said.
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