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AL: Check cashing business employees charged with ID theft

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Dissent

Matt Elofson reports:

Dothan police have arrested two former employees of a local check cashing and small loan business on felony identity theft charges.

Dothan Police Lt. Will Glover said police arrested 27-year-old Brittani Monique Watson and 44-year-old Christie Renetta Whitehurst on Thursday as part of an identity theft investigation.

 

Read more on Dothan Eagle.

I “get” that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty, but is there any reason not to name the business they worked for so that consumers can know to check their records and accounts in case their information has been misused?


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