My grandson bought something at BestBuy in Kansas. Next day a female with numbers same as his card spent $5,000 on clothes at The Gap in Minnesota. I was notified by text message of charges to his account since they were over $10. Talked with the people at The Gap and then called the credit card company with the girls name and driver’s license number. They credited his account immediately but said they wouldn’t prosecute the thief because it cost them too much money to do so.
So took his credit card from him and got him a rechargeable card which I put only $50 on at a time. Pain for me but a lot less hassle than trying to resolve it after the fact. And he is not allowed to buy anything from Best Buy unless it’s with his own cash.
That is amazing that some girl can buy $5000 worth of clothes (which is a lot of items at the Gap) and pay without a credit card! Since your grandson had not lost his card, did the thief make a fake card?