On November 14th, a Chattooga County officer met with a woman that told him that she was the victim of an identity theft.

The woman said that the Walmart Credit Card Company contacted her to tell her that someone attempted to obtain a credit card in her name.

When she contacted the credit bureau, she was told that someone used her Farm Bureau credit card and her Chase credit card to make purchases in Alabama and in Menlo, Georgia. The woman was unaware of the purchases or the businesses where the cards were used.

The officer told the woman that an account number and billing receipt would be needed to continue with an investigation, so the woman retrieved them to file a report for future reference.