3 Charged With Fraud Involving Home Depot Accounts

CARTERSVILLE, GA — Three people have been slapped with fraud charges in connection to suspicious activity reported on The Home Depot customer accounts, the Cartersville Police Department said.

The agency throughout the month of September received multiple complaints of charges to accounts that were not made by Home Depot customers. So, detectives with the Cartersville Police Department Criminal Investigations Division conducted an undercover investigation Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Home Depot store at 100 Gentilly Boulevard.

That operation led to the arrest of three subjects while "they attempted to commit additional financial frauds," the Police Department said on its Facebook page.

Those arrested include:

• Alonia Shameka Perkins of Tampa, Florida: conspiracy to commit financial identity fraud, two counts of financial identity fraud, five counts of financial transaction card fraud, forgery in the third degree and possession of marijuana less than an ounce.
• Juan Ramon Winter (no address): conspiracy to commit financial identity fraud, two counts of financial identity fraud, five counts of financial transaction card fraud, forgery in the third degree, giving false information and possession of marijuana less than an ounce.
• Arthur Orlando Parris of Tampa, Florida: conspiracy to commit financial identity fraud and possession of marijuana less than an ounce.

The investigation remains active and more arrests and charges could be forthcoming, Cartersville police said.

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Photo: from left, Arthur Orlando Parris, Alonia Shameka Perkins and Juan Ramon Winter. Credit: Bartow County Jail