ForecastForecast
SatelliteSatellite
7-Day7-Day
City:
Online Poll
What are your favorite fireworks for home?

Sparklers
Bottle Rockets
Regular Firecrackers
Roman Candles
Other


Summer Fun!
Send us your photos and videos of your Summer Fun! Shots of your vacation, picnic's, reunions. Share with all of us your summer fun! Click submit photo or video to upload.
COUNTDOWN TO DIGITAL TV
until February 17, 2009, the official transition from analog to digital television.
Update: Mi Pueblito Cleared Save Email Print
Posted: 8:23 PM May 18, 2008
 Last Updated: 8:23 PM May 18, 2008
 Reporter: Kallie Cart
Email Address: kallie.cart@wsaz.com
23 comments
A | A | A

HURRICANE, W.Va. (WSAZ)-The FBI has now traced the credit card fraud to a cred clearing house miles away in the mid west.
Now for Mi Pueblito it's a matter of spreading the word that they did nothing wrong.

The investigation of the restaurant and employees started when a customer said he noticed bogus purchases on his credit cards.

The owners say this ordeal caused them to lose 70 percent of their business. They say they hope now that their name has been cleared business will pick back up.
Related Stories
Possible Credit Card Fraud

Mi Pueblito

More Stories
Going Digital

Bee(s) Are Marshall

Sex Offender Arrest

Robbery Suspects Arrested
Post Your Comments
First Name:
Location:
Enter Comments: characters left
Email (optional):
Email will not be displayed on site. For station contact purpose only.
Read Comments
Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always reflect the views of this station.
Posted by: Tammy on Jun 2, 2008 at 11:41 AM
I love this restaurant. I am so happy that they were cleared. I am certain business will pick up again, for their food is so good and the service is fabulous!
Posted by: gladthey'recleared on May 20, 2008 at 01:51 PM
I'm so happy to hear these guys did nothing wrong. They work long, hard hours at that restaurant and they treat each and every customer like they are their only one. Sadly, it was easy to see during the investigation that customers WERE staying away - their lunch and dinner crowds were all but gone. Hopefully, the good news will spread as quickly as the suspicion and the guys will be busy again very soon. Their food is awesome. Their customer service is wonderful. If the doubters remain, use your cash - that still works everywhere these days.
Posted by: ZASW_Tracker on May 20, 2008 at 04:05 AM
So, ummm...what happened to the bogus charges? Who and how did they get the card numbers and CVC codes? Who did it and what happened?
Posted by: steve on May 19, 2008 at 04:03 PM
mike, other restaurants and businesses in general have that happen all the time. they can get the credit card numbers even if you scan your own card at the gas station to pump gas. the criminals are getting high tech and can slip an electronic device that can read every card entered. then they go buy computers no your credit and such. happened to my chiropractor.
Posted by: Debbie on May 19, 2008 at 01:39 PM
Well I do hope their business improves, it's unfortunate in this time so many are out to cheat others. Even if an employee had done something, that wouldn't mean the business owner was corrupt. Sadly a few cause problems for all.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 19, 2008 at 01:28 PM
Other places do have this problem, it just doesn't make the news. I've had it happen before. That's why you check your accounts online or on statements & contact your bank as soon as you find something incorrect.
Posted by: putnam on May 19, 2008 at 11:51 AM
70% loss no way! It's always busy there.
Posted by: Tyler on May 19, 2008 at 10:35 AM
The media is the one that caused this restaurant to lose business. They found them guilty of a credit card scam before the authorities had a chance to say if the restaurant was gulity or not guilty. Now they are covering their butts by doing stories that the restaurant is innocent of any wrongdoings.
Posted by: concerned on May 19, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Is there an explanation as to why ONLY this particular business and NO OTHERS were involved? Still not clear on how they are the victims and not involved in scam. If they are truely inoccent, then I am sorry I refuse to eat there anymore. My family tries not to support thieves. Would love to more detailed info when available to make sure consumers are safe with there credit and debit cards to eat there.so sorry for the bussiness getting bad publicity IF they are on the up and up. Hope all others scamming get the same bad publicity.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 19, 2008 at 10:22 AM
The best thing to do is to cut down of the places you use your dept cards. I still eat Mexican food but I make sure to have cash everytime I go! There are a lot of other places (not just mexican) that I use Cash instead of Dept Cards... You just cant trust anyone anymore.! Thats sad.
Posted by: Sonja on May 19, 2008 at 09:26 AM
How about slander or defamation of a business for the person or persons who began the hysteria?
Posted by: Megan on May 19, 2008 at 08:10 AM
It's a shame that this has happened. I always just pay with cash because I worry about identity theft EVERYWHERE I go... and if I can't afford to pay with cash, I do without unless it's a TRUE emergency situation. I really hope the TRUTH will spread as far as the allegations did and things pick back up for the business soon!
Posted by: Mike on May 19, 2008 at 07:47 AM
My wife just switched her checking account due to a charge on a mexican web site. She also eats at mexican resteraunts and uses her debit card.
Posted by: Curious on May 19, 2008 at 07:35 AM
I would not eat there unless they have changed the credit card company they were using or unless I used cash. If the problem has not been corrected on the other end, then it will still or could still happen.
Posted by: Duke on May 19, 2008 at 07:17 AM
As far as Mexican food in the area. This place has the best. It is always clean and the service is great. When this came out i believed it but just paid cash. If you are in Hurricane stop in.
Posted by: MIKE on May 19, 2008 at 01:37 AM
IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST IT CAN HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. WHY DID NO OTHER RESTURANTS HAVE THIS PROBLEM? I PERSONALLY AM NOT WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK.
Posted by: Sue on May 18, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Next time I go to Charleston, I think I will stop for a meal at Mi Pueblito.
Posted by: John on May 18, 2008 at 10:29 PM
We need the FBI agents that solved this case to get on the SPIKE Maynard case. Seems like no one can get him & Blankenship. FBI solved this real quick. Keep the good mexican food rolling in HURRICANE.
Posted by: Bev on May 18, 2008 at 09:04 PM
See how people can be accused, tried and convicted by the media and public. I'm guilty myself of just believing what I read. Let me say that I am sorry for anything negative I posted about these people. We all need to watch what we say.
National Headlines - MSNBC.com
  • Calif. faces blazes on two fronts

    Firefighters set up a fire break as they start a backfire on a wildfire burn in Big Sur, Calif., Friday, July 4, 2008. The raging blaze near Big Sur was one of more than 1,700 wildfires, mostly ignited by lightning, that have scorched more then 770 square miles and destroyed 64 structures across northern and central California since June 20, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (AP Photo/ Tony Avelar)A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California’s central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening a total of more than 4,500 homes.
  • Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86

    July 4: Former Republican Senator Jesse Helms has died. He was 86. NBC's Martin Savidge reports.  (MSNBC)Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 years in Congress, died Friday. He was 86.
  • Supervisors charged in immigration case
    Two supervisors at an Iowa meatpacking plant that was raided by federal immigration agents in May were arrested and charged with encouraging people to live in the United States illegally.
  • Chestnut wins hot dog contest after eat-off

    Joey Chestnut (R) holds his arm up after defeating Takeru Kobayashi of Japan (L) in overtime at Nathan's annual hot dog eating contest in New York, July 4, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)Joey Chestnut has reclaimed the top spot as winner of the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island after first tying with archrival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off.
  • El Salvador river sweeps away bus
    Rescue crews recovered 29 bodies Friday from a raging, rain-fed river that swept a bus carrying members of an evangelical church off a bridge in San Salvador.
  • Scandal scarred Tour missing top names

    Australian team manager Cadel Evans (C) (Silence Lotto/Bel) answers journalists' questions at the end of a press conference presenting the Belgian cycling team, on July 4 2008 in Brest, Brittany, western France, on the eve of the start of the 2008 Tour de France cycling race. Running from Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 27th 2008, the 95th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres. Here’s what victory will look like for Tour de France organizers: The riders reach the finish line in three weeks with no doping scandals.
SEND US YOUR PICTURES AND VIDEOS INCLUDING BREAKING NEWS AND SEVERE WEATHER
PHONE IN YOUR YELLS TO: 1-866-616-5354
 
Home - News - Weather - Sports - Classifieds - Closings - Featured Links - Blogs - 2008 Olympics - MyZ -
WSAZGuide - Moms4Moms - Games - e-reporter - HDTV - On WSAZ - Decision 2008 - Perfect Home - Site Map -
Terms of Use - Privacy Policy - EEO Statement - FCC Form 388
Gray Television Group, Inc. - Copyright © 2002-2008 - Designed and Powered by Clickability
Contact Us