Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 3, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May credit card warning issued after computer stores bilked Winnipeg police Are warning local Busin esses to be careful when taking credit card orders Over the phone after a local Man bilked two computer stores and possibly a at least Worth of Mer actin crime Ron Dawson said the Man used unauthorized credit card num Bers to order computer systems Over the phone that he then had shipped to the Stonewall bus station where he would pick them up under an assumed making it difficult for police and the companies to track him its obviously a Good Opportunity to warn companies of what can happen if they dont do everything they can to verify the Dawson Dawson said the Man got the valid credit card numbers used in the scam from a list of Over 40 numbers found in his Possession when he was arrested tuesday at his a local insurance Dawson refused to say How the Man got the list of its obviously not something wed like to see get a police spokesman said a Man used two unauthorized credit card numbers 22 to Purchase a computer and Monitor Over the phone from Micro 884 Portage on a Man used two different card numbers to Purchase Over the phone a computer system from Canadian computer 1381 Portage in both the Man had the goods shipped to the Stonewall bus station where they were picked up under an assumed Dawson said the incident came to Light last month when the Man attempted to sell one of the systems through the classified ads in the free the Man was approached by a buyer who grew suspicious when the Man insisted he pay about for the the Man contacted Micro Mart and police and an investigation was climaxing with tuesdays Dawson added police Are investigating the Man in a similar incident involving another store but refused to Joshua Nathanial of Weatherstone is charged with two counts of fraud Over Dawson said one of the systems was recovered and returned to Micro Mart but police Are still trying to track Down the other computer the manager of Canadian computer Era said she Doest expect to Ever see its system and Hopes tightening procedures for taking credit card orders Over the phone will prevent something similar from Hap pening peacekeeping Rule contested by Terry Weber a National defence policy restrict ing participation in peacekeeping forces in the Middle is being challenged for the first time in court As Winnipeg lawyer David acting for the Bani brith league for human is challenging the policy in Federal seeking abolition of the Rule that cites religious affiliation among several Rea sons for excluding some from participating in peacekeeping we dont know of any other coun try that does Matas said of the which he said has been in place in various forms since in its entirely against the United nations he said the policy cites safety and neutrality of the forces As Rea sons for excluding some from participating in certain aspects of some military Matas argued the policy Contra Venes 15 of the charter of rights and freedoms and should be he launched the Case monday in Federal court in but it was adjourned after a motion by government lawyers requesting the Case not be counsel for the government had suggested the matter can be consid ered Only if it is brought Forward by an individual affected by the not by a general such As Bani the remainder of the Case will not be heard until the court rules on that which Matas said he expects the policy has come under fire be Matas specifically in a 1980 Case in which an Ottawa Man complained to the human rights saying the policy was Matas said the commission agreed the As worded at the specifically precluding jews and arabs from joining peacekeeping forces in the Middle East should be he said slight changes in wording but the intent of the policy was left largely were saying that want Matas to our the problem although the wording is the practical effect is the if Matas the change May not make a big differ ence in the 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