Casino Hit By Credit Card Scam
The FBI, local law enforcement agencies and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians are looking into a security breach in a credit card processing systems at the Pearl River Resort in Neshoba County.
The tribe reported the problem Thursday.
Philadelphia Police Chief Richard Sistrunk says all victims here had one thing in common as each had used their debit cards at Pearl River Resort before the theft occurred.
He says 22 cases were turned over to the FBI after it was discovered that the fraud took place in several other states such as California and as well Canada and the United Kingdom.
Sistrunk says authorities suspect the cases may be related.
Jason York, the interim CEO of the resort says that officials are aggressively investigating the breach.
