Home Depot stores in 8 states, including Pennsylvania, were victimized, prosecutors say.
Rick Moriarty | [email protected], R.I. — A Connecticut man was given nearly $300,000 in fraudulent Home Depot credit by walking into stores in several states, taking expensive doors and then returning them without a receipt, federal prosecutors allege.
Alexandre Henrique Costa-Mota, 26, of West Hartford, Connecticut, was detained without bail after a judge entered not-guilty pleas on his behalf this week in federal court in Rhode Island to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the U.S. attorney’s office in Providence said in a statement Wednesday.Costa-Mota dressed to appear like a contractor and entered the stores empty-handed, prosecutors allege in court documents.
Home Depot stores in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey were involved. The defendant was given about 370 fraudulent store credits between June 2021 and February 2022, prosecutors said.If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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