Deli warns of credit card scam after losing $15,000

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The search is on for the men who scammed a Bucks County business out of $15,000 of raw meat.
Altomonte's Italian Market & Deli in Warminster says the men used stolen credit cards, and now they are calling on the public to help track them down.
"Should have raised a lot more red flags than it did, but it's the first time anything like that has ever happened," said store manager Michael Grispino.
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And now the details of 530 the search is on tonight for the men who scammed the Bucks County business out of $15,000 of raw meat.
Altamonte's Italian market in Warminster say the men use stolen credit cards and tonight they're calling on the public to help track them down.
Actually, the part of Sharifa Jackson live in Warminster with the details Sharifa.
Yeah, Rick, the manager, he tells me a loss of 10 to $15,000 for a family business like this.
It really, really hurts them.
He says it hurts everyone.
Now they shared about this loss on social media overnight.
They want to warn others should have raised a lot more flags than it did.
But again, it was the first time anything like that has ever happened.
Altamonte's Italian market in Delhi is known for the meat.
It's local and fresh, and it was very friendly inside there.
So when they received a phone call for an order of thousands of dollars worth of beef product, manager Michael Graspino says the butchers got to work.
We just thought we were helping someone out.
Maybe they have a little small business as well that they were going to bring the beef products for.
He says these men captured on surveillance, loading up their van with short ribs and oxtails, came not once but twice.
We received one order for, let's say it was the end of May, and then we didn't receive anything back.
We assumed that the credit card, everything went through, everything was fine, payment was good.
And then so we said, OK, we can take the order again.
In the following weeks, however, they learned those cards were in fact stolen and the credit card company was taking back the money for the order.
Now the business is out fifteen thousand dollars and has an open police case.
They're calling on the community to help identify the culprits and warning other businesses in the area to be careful.
This place is top notch and it's a shame to have something like that happen to them.
It's not right. So I hope those guys get nabbed.
I really do.
And warmest police, they continue to investigate as they try to identify those men alive and warmest to Shreve, the Jackson Channel six Action News.
True. So thank you for that report.
