Public’s help needed to catch mail thieves, credit card scammers

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King County detectives are turning to the public in the hopes of identifying a pair of likely mail thieves who used a stolen debit card in several area cities.

The two suspects hit the motherlode when they stole mail which included a brand new debit card and PIN. The stolen card subsequently was used in Federal Way, Tacoma, Tukwila and Puyallup.

The fraud was discovered recently when unknown charges popped up on the victim’s new debit card account. The bank had supposedly mailed the card and PIN in separate envelopes, but both appeared to have been stolen from the mail.

The victim is a resident of SeaTac, and the loss is several thousand dollars.

If anyone recognizes the suspects they are asked to call the King County Sheriff’s Office at 206-296-3311 (24 hours) or 911.