LONGMONT — Longmont police say thieves may have used up to 100 stolen credit or debit card numbers to rack up more than $100,000 in fraudulent charges.
Between 80 and 100 people have reported their account numbers were stolen after they used their cards at up to five local restaurants.
Police Cmdr. Tim Lewis says that by midweek, investigators had examined suspect charges on 60 of those accounts and were still working on the others.
He says police are trying to determine whether the numbers were stolen by someone in the restaurants or whether someone hacked into the restaurants’ credit card systems to get the numbers.
Authorities have declined to identify all of the restaurants but say one has asked the police for help in protecting its customers.
