Several young men recently spoke out about the alleged crimes taking place at multiple bars in one Atlanta community where they said they were the targets of druggings and robberies in the city’s tony Buckhead district.
Atlanta Police sent Atlanta Black Star police records last month revealing numerous larcenies and thefts that took place last year at one of those bars, the Five Paces Inn.
Four police reports Atlanta Black Star obtained provide details on credit card fraud and wire fraud incidents that happened to victims who visited the bar in 2023. Each theft revealed a pattern: each victim’s phone was stolen at the bar and the thieves somehow gained access to their devices and transferred thousands of dollars out of their bank accounts.
Three of the victims were males and one was a female. All of their ages ranged from mid-20s to mid-30s.
The first report reveals that one man went to the bar on March 11, 2023, where his phone went missing. When he got home, he realized someone had stolen it, accessed the device, and transferred $9,350 out of his bank accounts using CashApp, Venmo, and Zelle.
A female victim reported to police that she visited Five Paces Inn on June 17, 2023, where her phone was also stolen and mysteriously accessed. Thieves transferred thousands of dollars out of one of her bank accounts.
Another male victim told police his phone went missing when he visited the bar on Nov. 4, 2023. He went home to shut his phone off through the Find My iPhone app and later learned that someone had transferred $12,300 out of his PayPal account.
The final report Atlant Black Star obtained provides details on an incident from December 3, 2023. A man who went to the bar that night told police someone stole his phone right out of his hand and then ran off. The victim didn’t call 911 that night. Instead, he went to an Apple store the next day to try to get a new phone. There, he learned that the passwords to his iCloud account…
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