Steve Noviello, a reporter for Dallas-Fort Worth's Fox 4 News, learned that someone had checked into his hotel using his credit card number. He called the cops then rushed over to the hotel to confront, Farah Parks, the woman who allegedly used his credit card information to book the room for three days.
The card had the woman's name on it, but Noviello's credit card number. The card was likely to have been manufactured by a criminal enterprise with sophisticated equipment.
Parks remains in Collin County jail on charges of credit card or debit card abuse, records show.
Noviello said Parks used her name on the card to avoid needing Noviello's information. She allegedly entered his credit card number in manually, knowing her faulty card would fail to swipe.
Parks allegedly racked up hundreds of dollars in charges, although Noviello did not detail exactly how many.
