Crime & Safety

Charity Scam Leaves 11 Verizon Employees Jobless

The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Eleven Verizon employees were fired after allegedly admitting they registered as having completed 50 hours of charity work they never performed. The Verizon Foundation offers a $750 matching contribution for employees who volunteer time to charity.

In this case, the 11 employees say they agreed to enter the time on behalf of a coworker's registered charity even though they didn't perform any volunteer hours, according to the March 26 incident report. Their coworker helped those unfamiliar with the program, even entering the hours herself on their work computers.

Verizon never issued the $9,000 check to her charity that these hours would have generated if they were legitimate.

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The employee said to be at the center of the attempted fraud resigned from Verizon in February for unrelated reasons.

Milton police and Verizon continue to investigate the criminal fraud attempt case with Verizon investigators.

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Milton Woman's Credit Card Used in Minnesota

A Morris Road woman reported to Milton police on March 29 that her credit union issued credit card was refused several times when she tried to make purchases.

After contacting her credit union, she discovered three unauthorized purchases had been made in Minnesota. Each purchase also carried a service fee for insufficient funds. She canceled the card.

Former Friend Used His Identity During Traffic Stop

A former Milton resident had to file a report with Milton police because a former friend used his name when he was pulled over for a traffic stop in Atlanta last year.

On March 27 the victim said the Georgia DMV told him to make this report with Milton as he attempts to clear up the identity theft. He said a report also was being filed in Atlanta. The former friend was involved in a traffic stop in his truck while he was at work.

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