August 24, 2010
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News: Credit Card Fraud; How Do They Do It? 64
A South African soccer player will be spending a great deal more time behind bars than on the soccer field for the next several years. It appears someone believed that Bees Roux would not be needing his credit card for some years if ever after he was arrested by the Pretoria, South African police on marcher charges for a police officer. The famous soccer player claims his credit card was used at the McDonald's restaurant while he was in police custody. Roux was arrested for killing a police officer during a routine incident. According to Roux the credit card theft occurred sometime before the incident whereby he claims he was acting in self-defense when the police sergeant was involved with trying to confiscate Roux's car, after it was suspected that he had been drinking.
Another celebrity in hot water is Levi Johnston; former boyfriend of Sarah Palin's daughter. Johnston is also the father of Palin's granddaughter. Johnston who hopes to run for mayor of Palin's home town, Wasilla, Alaska is being sued by Capitol One Bank for sticking the bank with a $1,178 credit card bill. TMZ reported that Capitol One Bank filed suit against Johnston for failing to pay his credit card debt. The debt is a result of a number of transactions conducted last year. The bank is asking for full restitution plus interest at the rate of 19.9 percent. There has been no comment from the mayoral hopeful, but it doesn't make good sense to vote for a candidate who doesn't have enough character to fulfill his legal obligations.
Lastly, South Africa's Premier, Maureen Modiselle fired the sports, arts and culture MEC, Grace Bothman and her government issued credit card along with her. However, Bothman who was fired because she allegedly continued to undermine the Premier appears to have continued using the government card. Details of the card's use were not released, but it was confirmed that details have been handed over to the auditors for further review and possible prosecution.