A 63-year-old Villager called a Marion County sheriff’s deputy for help Sunday after realizing he’d been the victim of fraud.
The Village of Chatham resident, who lives in the 7000 block of Arlington Loop, told the deputy that someone had used his personal information to open a credit account at IKEA, a Swedish-founded discount furniture and home accessories business with a store in Orlando.
The man said he spotted the issue when checking his Experian credit report and noticed that the account was opened on April 1 and closed on May 12. The account had a balance but the amount was redacted from the report.
