NYPD: These Guys Tried To Use Subway Rider's Stolen Credit Card At Bloomingdale's

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Published Mar 2, 2016

Modified Mar 2, 2016

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Police are on the lookout for two men who swiped a straphanger's wallet from her purse and tried to use one of her credit cards to buy designer items at Bloomingdale's.

According to the NYPD, on Monday, February 29th, the victim realized that her wallet was missing from her purse around 6 p.m. while in Transit District 20/the 108th Precinct in Queens. Then, around 8 p.m., police say the men in the video below tried to charge $1,900 in merchandise on the woman's Citibank credit card at the Louis Vuitton store in Bloomingdale's in Manhattan.

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Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.