Rosemount Woman Charged with Debit Card Fraud

A Rosemount woman is accused of racking up almost $500 in charges on someone else’s debit card.

Stephanie Marie Rudolph, 27, has been charged with one count of felony financial transaction card fraud, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

According to the criminal complaint against Rudolph, filed in Dakota County District Court in Hastings, Rosemount police received a report last October from a resident who said he had discovered fraudulent activity on his credit union debit card.

The victim told police that he last remembered having his card on Oct. 7, when he used it to pay a bill. He discovered it missing two days later and contacted the credit union, where he was told about multiple fraudulent transactions.

Rosemount police obtained surveillance video from the Cub Foods Liquor Store in Rosemount and identified Rudolph as the person using the victim’s card, according to the complaint.

Police in other jurisdictions confirmed that Rudolph had used the victim’s card to make purchases at retailers in Apple Valley, Eagan, Burnsville and Minneapolis.

Rudolph admitted to officers that she had used the card to buy $498 worth of merchandise and services.

Rudolph has an extensive criminal history in Dakota County, including convictions for theft, wrongfully obtaining assistance and, in a case that involved selling phony event tickets, theft by swindle.

She is scheduled to make a first appearance on the Rosemount theft charge June 13 in Dakota County District Court in Hastings.