Two women are facing fraud charges after police allege they cost Eat’n Park and other businesses thousands of dollars.
According to court documents, Eat’n Park headquarters contacted police on December 17.
Their Director of Food noticed an unusually high number of credit card transactions disputed at several Eat’N Park locations after food was delivered via DoorDash.
Between mid-March and early May, 120 orders were placed and disputed. Investigators checked the phone numbers, emails, and addresses associated with the orders and discovered two names: Lamiya Rebekka Bose, 27, and Stephanie Monjeana Gordon, 28, both from Homestead.
Orders were issued under nearly 30 different names, the majority of which officers recognised as family members of the women facing charges, but they appeared to end up in only three different locations.
Food was delivered to a Gordon-affiliated apartment on McClure Street, as well as Bose-affiliated apartments on E. Hills Drive and Dinwiddie Street. Police said the orders were also placed using Gordon and Bose’s phone numbers.
Officers used a search warrant to inspect Eat’n Park’s credit card processor. It revealed that the orders were placed on DoorDash using accounts that matched the phone numbers and under the same names as Eat’n Park.
According to police, Bose had an account as a “dasher” that was never activated.
DoorDash accounts with cell phone numbers associated with Bose and Gordon revealed disputes with Eat’n Park, Chipotle, and Hello Bistro. Police said the Discover Card associated with the DoorDash accounts did not belong to Gordon or Bose.
Police then examined the Discover Card records and discovered two disputed payments to Duquesne Light Company, 176 disputed payments to Eat’n Park, 12 disputed payments to Hello Bistro, a disputed payment to “Inmate Phone Svc,” four disputed payments to JustAnswer Doctor, a disputed payment to Microsoft, a disputed payment to Now Wifi Pass, a disputed payment to Redbeard’s on Sixth, 13 disputed payments to Walmart, and two disputed payments to Xfinity.
Officers contacted the cardholder and worked with him to determine that the disputed charges were fraudulent.
Police said that purchases made with the card or payments from disputes were sent to addresses associated with Gordon or Bose and appeared to be for their benefit multiple times.
Police said that out of the 176 Eat’N Park orders on the card, 16 totalled more than $780 and all appeared to benefit Gordon. They also believe the two used the card on the same day and at different times.
Gordon and Bose allegedly made 213 purchases and defrauded the businesses of $12,182.02.
They have both been charged with identity theft, theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception, receiving stolen property, theft of services, access device fraud, and unlawful computer use.
