Drive-thru worker cleans out customer's bank account

'You stole everything I had in my bank account': Mother-of-three CONFRONTS Steak n' Shake server who stole her credit card and used it to buy cosmetics and pay her own bills




Report By Kayla Brantley, 12 Aug 2017

A North Carolina mom-of-three did her own detective work when she noticed $600 missing from her bank account with charges from clothing and beauty store, as well as car insurance and electric companies.

Courtney Parks, 27, tracked down a worker at a Kannapolis Steak n' Shake, where she was eating just the night before, and confronted the thief in this six-minute viral video.

In the video, the worker apologizes saying, 'I'm sorry about that, I'm willing to pay all your money back'.

Video of the confrontation was posted to Facebook and has almost half a million views

Parks, 27, went through the Steak n' Shake drive-thru where she bought dinner for her family.

The next morning she woke up with $600.68 missing from her bank account.

Purchases were on the card from Guess, Sally's Beauty Supply, Allstate Car Insurance, and an electric company, leaving Parks with $12. There were even two pending PayPal charges.

All of the charges were made between 11pm and four am.

Parks did some investigative work, first calling the bank and then tracking the purchases that were being shipped to Kannapolis.

She noticed that the charges began an hour after the Steak n' Shake visit. The mom-of-three then called the burger restaurant to ask the name of the worker who was at the drive-thru the previous night, saying she wanted to write a costumer survey.








The mom claims that her check for her children's daycare bounced when she was left with $12 in her bank account



Parks said she brought her kids in with her to confront Winn because she wants her to see who she stole from
Peandra Winn, 28, who goes by Charnelle on Facebook, is the worker who allegedly stole the debit card information. Parks searched the name on Facebook and the photo matched the drive-thru attendant.

Once she had the name, Parks called the electric company who confirmed that the payment was made with her card information. The other retailers confirmed that they were also shipping products to Winn's home.

Debit Card Charges
11:48pm: Guess Factory- $151.93

11:55pm: Allstate- $143.00

12:04am: Duke Power- $121.50

1:19am: City Gear- $136.16

1:39am: Sally's Beauty Supply- $48.09

TOTAL: $600.68

It was then that Parks went back to the Steak n' Shake with her kids and a friend to confront the thief.

'I was buying burgers for my family and you stole everything I had in my bank account', she said in the video.

Parks even said the check for her children's daycare had bounced back.

The woman was apologetic saying she has two kids and offered to pay the money back. A store manager asked Parks to write down her information, but she was too shaken to do so.

Parks told Dailymail.com: 'I know people are wondering why I decided to go up there with my children, but I wanted her to see who she stole from.'

She has filed a police report and is hoping to be reimbursed soon.
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Excellent detective work...white-collar theft is not a harmless crime.

I never let any drive through attendant walk away with my card and call them back if they do...but admit l do let restuatant waitstaff do it. Going to stop that...

 

OMG! That's awful. I hope she'll get her money back ASAP and that this person is punished. I imagine others may be coming forward too.

 

This is why I use credit cards instead of a debit card. I am not liable. I had someone do that to me this year. They went shopping at itunes. I called up and they refunded me the charges. Every charge I make is immediately reported back to my phone.

 

You know what is so funny. If she had reported this to the police and waited, I don't think the police would have solved this. It seems like you have to solve your own case.

I also want to add when I had to do my research. It turned out that it is typical thing for people to use itunes to test cards out. apple knows this... yet no big halts.

 

That happened to me. I had $100s charged to my credit card for adult diapers and all kinds of crap.In my state some of the fast food places started verifying cards because people were stealing and buying hundreds of dollars of food at places like Wendys.The workers never see your info at places like Sonics.

 

DId you get your money back?