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Las Vegas businessman accused of credit card fraud

February 7, 2011 - 6:16 pm
 

A 53-year-old man was arrested last week on credit card fraud charges, Las Vegas police said .

Police said Las Vegan Gevorg Gorj Kegeyan was arrested after search warrants were served at his home and three businesses Wednesday. Warrants were served at The Cigarette Box, 5891 W. Craig Road; Colton’s General Store, 675 U.S. Highway 95 in Searchlight; and The Cigarette Box, 2311 S. Casino Drive in Laughlin.

Police said several credit card skimming machines were discovered at the businesses, with 350 credit cards, ATM cards and gift cards.

Police said Kegeyan would illegally obtain credit card information from existing accounts and transfer the information to cards in his possession, then fraudulently use them.

Police said Kegeyan will face additional charges. He was not listed as an inmate at the Clark County Detention Center on Monday.

Contact reporter Antonio Planas at aplanas@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638.

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