Every once in a while, an ordinary person stumbles into a situation that sounds like it belongs in a crime show.

That’s what happened after this man received an alert about suspicious charges on one of his credit cards while he was at work.

At first, it seemed like the kind of problem most people would hand off to the bank and forget about.

But his wife had other plans.

Rather than waiting for someone else to sort it out, she started making phone calls and following the trail herself.

Before the day was over, the police were investigating and had several suspected criminals in custody.

Read on to see what happened.

My wife sleuthed a CC thief and a Hotel Manager across the country helped bust them!

Earlier today, I got a text from one of my credit card companies questioning a few charges. I was in meetings and coincidentally left my wallet at home today, so I shot my wife a text and asked her to care for it.

She called the credit card company but they wouldn’t talk to her (which made no ******* sense since it was her card that got skimmed anyhow) because it’s my account. So she did a little sleuthing.

A quick look online showed a pending hotel charge which included a location number. So she called the corporate office and found it was in Chino, CA. and got the local phone number.

Upon finding out, the hotel manager jumped into action.

She called up the hotel and talked to the manager, explaining that our credit card was being used there, but we could assure them we were across the country. Like a ******* BOSS, the hotel manager conferences up the local PD who says, “On our way!”

She waited about two hours, and then called the hotel back to inquire, and the comment was, “This was really bigger than you can imagine. The PD has several suspects in custody and will be calling you later for additional information.”

**** me? **** you!

Wow! Wonder what that means??

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Let’s check out what the folks over at Reddit think about what happened.

This person was just mad at their choice of stores.

Good thing there’s an app for that.

Apparently, Expedia wouldn’t help this reader.

That was lucky!

Talk about perfect timing!

If she had called a different day or reached a different person, this story could’ve ended with a canceled credit card and nothing more. Instead, she reached a hotel manager who took the situation seriously and decided to help.

From there, the whole thing seemed to take on a life of its own. What started as a suspicious charge somehow turned into a police investigation with multiple suspects in custody.

Now all that’s missing is an update. It’s hard not to wonder what the police found and how everything turned out.

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