On April 14, 2025, an officer from Columbia Heights Police Department was dispatched to a phone call for a fraud report. The reporting party, K. D. D., Victim herein, reported that she was notified of four fraudulent transactions on her Wells Fargo ATM savings account card that occurred at the Wells Fargo ATM located at [ADDRESS REDACTED] NE, city of Columbia Heights, county of Anoka, Minnesota. Victim [NAME REDACTED] at 1:19 PM the transaction was declined due to an incorrect pin, at 2:15 PM $1,000 was successfully taken out of the account, at 2:16 PM the transaction was declined due to exceeding the daily limit, and at 2:17 PM the individual attempted to take out $300 but the transaction was declined due to exceeding the daily limit.
In total, $1,000 was successfully taken out of the account. Upon review of the ATM video surveillance, the individual making the transactions was identified as Ali Lamar Christar Washington [DOB REDACTED], Defendant herein. Victim [NAME REDACTED] was an individual she had a prior relationship with and had met earlier that day to sign over the title of a vehicle. Victim reported that immediately after they met up the transactions occurred. Victim [NAME REDACTED] did not give Defendant permission to use her cards.
