Not just in West Richland, but in the rest of the area, officials are noticing an uptick in door-to-door salemen. Not all are crooks, but they're becoming increasingly linked to fraud.
If you used your credit or debit card at the pump at the Richland Jiffy Lube Shell station at Jadwin and Williams between Monday morning and 7:45am Wednesday, you're advised to contact your financial institution.
Although numerous Hanford workers and supervisors were accused, this is the first person to be found guilty in the major time-card fraud scheme that's been investigated for a number of years.
If you're scanning your credit card statement for fraud, you're probably looking for $3,000 at Best Buy or mysterious charges for first class tickets on Air Ethiopia. But this fraud probably would never catch your eye.