Photo Credit: Facebook / Antioch Police Department
(ANTIOCH, CA.) – A Lear Capital employee contacted the Antioch Police Department (APD) on July 21 to report suspected fraud after noticing suspicious transactions. Once Antioch Police Detective Ryan Duff began investigating, he discovered that the fraud scheme spanned farther than anyone anticipated, encompassing several states and victims with combined losses totaling approximately $30,000.
Police were able to link the fraudulent activity to Terrence Langston, 34, of Antioch. The APD executed a search warrant, and Langston was arrested. Police recovered approximately $9,000 in gold, card readers, firearms, check-printing equipment, and the personally identifiable information for multiple individuals. The Contra County District Attorney’s Office has charged Langston with grand theft and felony identity theft; the suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Photo Credit: Facebook / Antioch Police Department
The APD credits the employee who discovered the suspicious activity and reported it, releasing a statement that said, in part, “We want to thank Lear Capital for doing the right thing. Most identity theft victims don’t know they’ve been targeted until the damage is done.”
Langston isn’t unknown to the APD. He was previously indicted on two counts of federal mail theft in 2017, when he stole two credit cards while working for the Antioch postal service. The total theft from the two cards was approximately $839. At the time, Langston was honest with federal agents about the mail theft.
He was ultimately given three years of probation and ordered to pay $1,400 in restitution and fines. Other prior offenses include receiving or concealing stolen property, receiving a stolen motor vehicle, and a bench warrant for failing to appear in court for a misdemeanor charge.
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