AN INVESTIGATION LOOKING AT MORE THAN 50 REPORTS OF CREDIT CARD FRAUD THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK IS ONGOING. BAY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION CUSTOMERS INITIALLY REPORTED THE FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS THAT CAME FROM GOMEZ GASOLINE AND AUTOMOTIVE AT 153 MAIN STREET IN WATSONVILLE. A CREDIT-CARD SKIMMING DEVICE SIMILAR TO THOSE PLANTED AT OTHER GAS STATIONS IN THE REGION IS SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN USED. GAS STATION CUSTOMERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO NOT USE CREDIT CARD READERS AT DAMAGED OR SUSPICIOUS GAS PUMPS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE INVESTIGATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE WATSONVILLE POLICE AT 831-768-3544.
