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May 2, 2008 9:25 pm US/Pacific

Businessman Arrested For Defrauding Customers

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Ron Jones

ROSEVILLE (CBS13) ―

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He ran a business investigators say, only to defraud his customers. Now he's behind bars and accused of stealing information from American Express customers across the county.

You might want to check your credit card statements now.

According to this affidavit, Roseville resident Alexander Bernik is accused of illegally obtaining account numbers from American Express customers across the country.

The feds say in 2005 Bernik started a company called Lexbay and would some how tap into those accounts and charge customers for mobile game services they never asked for, and then funnel that money directly into this personal bank account in Roseville, making thousands of dollars.

More than 200 accounts were allegedly were hit, and the secret service found more.

We found a blog with complaints from numerous American Express customers saying they were charged between $9 to $13.

But when you multiply that by 10,000 it adds up.

Records show he lived in an exclusive community in Roseville. We found his last known address where his sister-in-law now lives, and she says he's a good father and husband.

Bernik is also accused of mortgage fraud. We found two homes that he purchased, one in Sacramento and the other in North Highlands. The feds say he doctored loan documents to get these. And we have to mention the additional charge of federal tax fraud.

His neighbors showed no sympathy.

"Last thing I want is some thief to steal it from me no matter how they do it. Especially credit cards," said Cliff Sanford, neighbor.

"So good. Justice has been done," said Jeff Young, neighbor.

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