Hospitality Industry Theft Risks: Alabama Motel Clerk Arrested For Stealing 23 Guests’ Credit Card Information; No Background Check Because It Was “Too Expensive”

“…(the motel clerk) used his position to remove credit card information from 23 customers from the motel database and used 12 of the card numbers in a fraud scheme to steal cash from the business…the owner Hotel Credit Card Fraudadmitted that he did not do a background check prior to hiring this person…the background check was too expensive…”

Mobile police have arrested a man for credit card fraud and trafficking in stolen identities after they say he took credit card information from 23 motel customers. Police said Bryant Onell Niles, 28, worked as a desk clerk at the Baymont Inn Suites in Mobile, where the alleged crimes took place.

Police said he was found in possession of the 11 unused credit card numbers with names and expiration dates belonging to former customers of the motel. Mobile police said last year, Niles was working as a desk clerk at an unnamed hotel when he stole credit card information from a person who had stayed at the hotel.

Police said he used the guest’s information to book hotels for himself and his friends. That’s how authorities say they caught him.

For more:  http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/mobile_county/mpd-hotel-clerk-stole-23-credit-card-numbers

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