Casey's credit card spending spree REVISITED

[chicoliving]

Hi-
This is something I"ve been asking about.
How do we know Casey had a credit card and ran up$4,500 in charges? Was this a statement made by Cindy on TV?

I'm not sure where it originated but here's the latest that's been reported:

Investigators also said they suspect Casey ran up charges on her parents' credit cards without permission, so credit card fraud could be another charge.

http://www.wesh.com/news/17113783/detail.html

 

[sweetwater]

Thanks for the link. I wondered whatever happened to Cindy's claim that Casey has stolen a lot of money and why she dropped those claims, or charges and switched into "she's my best friend" mode for the initial bond hearing.
Didn't she also claim on Larry King that she said whatever she felt she had to say to get LE to respond?
Eeew. It is always so disorienting, this strange effect these people generate.

 

[wanttohelp]

I thought it was like $40,000, I really thought I heard that. Great point about checking into cameras where the transactions are from though.

 

[LI_Mom]

Yes, good thought there LI Mom!

Does anyone know what happened to the credit card? Was it found in the purse left in the car? And what about that "purse" ... Casey had to have realized fairly quickly she had left it in the car. Why not have Tony take her back so she could get it? Wouldn't she be worried that someone would steal the purse with her wallet, ID, house keys, etc? :waitasec:

It's possible the car was already starting to stink to high heaven & she didn't want to chance going back.

I betcha she remembered to take her ID before she left her purse though. How else would she get into clubs or bars? And we know she drove Amy's car AFTER she ditched the death-mobile, didn't she??

 

[LI_Mom]

I thought it was like $40,000, I really thought I heard that. Great point about checking into cameras where the transactions are from though.

That rumor seems to be because people weren't sure what they heard...

Supposedly it was supposed to be between 4 & 5 thousand... which was misheard as 45,000.

 

[MidnightMyst]

it will be interesting to see what they find out from the cc transactions....

 

[LI_Mom]

it will be interesting to see what they find out from the cc transactions....

If she was planning on moving into an apt. she could blow through 5,000 VERY easily....

in NY, you have to pay the first month's rent & a security deposit... sometimes that's an extra month's rent. Then she'd probably look at furnishings for the new place.... basics like for a bedroom & maybe kitchen stuff, bathroom stuff. Some clothes? Plus she probably bought gas.

After the card was cut off, she was stuck stealing gas.

 

[TxRose]

Yes, good thought there LI Mom!

Does anyone know what happened to the credit card? Was it found in the purse left in the car? And what about that "purse" ... Casey had to have realized fairly quickly she had left it in the car. Why not have Tony take her back so she could get it? Wouldn't she be worried that someone would steal the purse with her wallet, ID, house keys, etc? :waitasec:

I think I remember it being mentioned that she had several purses...not just one. I think they are trying to make it sound like her one and only purse...but I think it more likely that this was just one of many. She left other clothes and shoes in the car too. As little finances as she had, I can't imagine she would have left anything valuable in the car.

 

[LookingForThe Truth]

Was it ever established just how much money CA stole from her parents??

 

[monoxide]

I am pretty sure it mentioned that she purchase groceries. Of course, she didn't spend all that money on groceries though. If I was Cindy and George I'd make myself look innocent by pressing charges on Casey as well

 

[ThoughtElf]

Was it ever established just how much money CA stole from her parents??

Not officially, but Cindy did have to go into her 401K to pay the debt off. So I'm leaning more towards the higher 35,000 - 45,000 range than the lower 4,500 range. I mean that isn't a balance that most people would dip into the 401K for because of the tax bite for early removal. Most would just carry the balance of 4,500 and pay it off over several months.

 

[SuziQ]

Cindy's brother, if you believe in him, stated IIRC, that he thought it was around 25K. And that she had to cash in her retirement account to pay it off.

 

[monoxide]

I would've disowned her after that. Especially stealing money from Casey's grandparents.

 

[LookingForThe Truth]

Not officially, but Cindy did have to go into her 401K to pay the debt off. So I'm leaning more towards the higher 35,000 - 45,000 range than the lower 4,500 range. I mean that isn't a balance that most people would dip into the 401K for because of the tax bite for early removal. Most would just carry the balance of 4,500 and pay it off over several months.

WTH did she spend all that money on??? It is hard not to believe CA wasn't involved in a drug habit.

 

[LookingForThe Truth]

I would've disowned her after that. Especially stealing money from Casey's grandparents.

ITA! I hope the grandparents press charges against her!

 

[ThoughtElf]

WTH did she spend all that money on??? It is hard not to believe CA wasn't involved in a drug habit.

Unfortunately, I don't think it is that hard for someone young in today's culture to spend that much in a short time. Gas, parting, clothes, etc. If she bought even one designer handbag - then that could run $2000.00, couple of pairs of prada sunglasses = 600.00, etc.

I really should have paid far more attention to what she was wearing in the pictures to see if I could spot high-end labels.

 

[shadow of my mind]

Maybe she was purchasing stuff to make drugs with. Meth labs use pretty simple stuff from what I have read but some of the designer drugs are more complicated. Chemistry was not my strong suit way back when so I don't have a real good handle on what it takes to set up some of these labs. That may be another reason that LE was looking for Chlorform in the trunk of the car. Maybae using Cindy's credit card along with her RN license was enough to make purchases of lab type supplies that would raise red flags if the stuff was just purchased by Jane Q. Public. Have nothing to base this own just a thought with the new information about the trunk.

 

[monoxide]

Some people are addicted to shopping as stupid as that sounds. I actually don't think she was on meth or anything and she surely wasn't making drug money. If she was doing meth you'd know it. She'd look a lot worse than she already does

Maybe Cindy brought some chloroform home for the hospital....gotta wait to see what else they LE release on this I suppose

 

[ScreenName]

Not officially, but Cindy did have to go into her 401K to pay the debt off. So I'm leaning more towards the higher 35,000 - 45,000 range than the lower 4,500 range. I mean that isn't a balance that most people would dip into the 401K for because of the tax bite for early removal. Most would just carry the balance of 4,500 and pay it off over several months.

Right! That's alot of money for someone to spend in a short amount of time!

 

[Brini]

Some people are addicted to shopping as stupid as that sounds. I actually don't think she was on meth or anything and she surely wasn't making drug money. If she was doing meth you'd know it. She'd look a lot worse than she already does

Maybe Cindy brought some chloroform home for the hospital....gotta wait to see what else they LE release on this I suppose

She wouldn't have teeth like that, if she was on meth.

And, if she was addicted to anything, she would've had a tough time in slam.