Palisades mall shopper had 48 fake credit cards

WEST NYACK – A shopper at the Palisades Center mall was taken into custody with what police said were 48 fake credit cards that she allegedly used to make over $3,000 in purchases.

Clarkstown police were called to the Lord & Taylor store at the mall Thursday to investigate possible fraud after a woman tried to buy a $300 gift card using a credit card that workers thought was suspicious. Lord & Taylor employees said they recognized the woman from the day before, when she allegedly purchased $2,500 in gift cards with credit cards that they thought were suspicious.

Police took Christina Blackett, 27, of Brooklyn, into custody and discovered 48 fake credit cards, $3,000 in gift cards and $256 worth of clothing. She was charged with felony counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument, possession of stolen property, identity theft and grand larceny; and a misdemeanor count of petty larceny.

She was sent to the Rockland County jail on $10,000 bail and is due in Town Court on Wednesday.

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