Flagler County Popeyes employee arrested in drive-thru credit card fraud case
Popeyes employee arrested after using customers card to send an inmate money
A Palm Bay Popeyes employee was arrested after using a customers card to send money to a prison inmate. FOX 35's Chris Lindsay has more on the arrest.
ORLANDO, Fla. - A Popeyes employee in Palm Coast was arrested Thursday after authorities say she used a customer’s credit card to make an unauthorized transaction benefiting a state prison inmate.
"This woman thought she could get away with stealing from a customer"
What we know:
Chaniqua Richberg, 48, of Palm Coast, was taken into custody by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office General Assignment Unit and Problem Area Crime Enforcement (PACE) team.
Chaniqua Richberg, 48 | CREDIT: Flagler County Sheriff's Office
Investigators say Richberg double-tapped a customer’s credit card on March 20 while working the drive-thru, once for the order and again to a cell phone. The customer later discovered a fraudulent $311.90 charge.
"Now Richberg gets to join her friend in jail"
Detectives traced the unauthorized payment to a commissary transaction for an inmate at Apalachee Correctional Institution, West Unit, in Sneads.
What they're saying:
"This woman thought she could get away with stealing from a customer and giving money to a state prison inmate," Sheriff Rick Staly said in a statement. "Now Richberg gets to join her friend in jail."
Richberg was charged with fraudulent use of personal ID information, fraudulent use of a credit card over $100, and unlawful use of a two-way communications device. She was booked into the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility and later released on a $7,500 bond.
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The Source: The information in this article comes from the Flagler County Sheriff's Office and was shared with FOX 35 News.