EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) – The Evansville Police Department say officers arrested a GameStop employee on Wednesday afternoon.
Officers say they were called to GameStop located at South Red Bank Road after a GameStop district manager called and reported an employee for theft and fraud.
According to authorities, Ticen Houchin, 19, of Evansville, started working at GameStop in late October and started creating loss on the store four days later.
Reports show when the officers arrived, the manager explained how Houchin created false trade-ins for items like iPhone and video game controllers and put the money on gift cards which he took home. The total amount of fraudulent trade-ins is $ 4,758.70. Additionally, officers say the items stolen from the store amounted to $3,770, adding up to a total of $8,528.70.
The manager also said Houchin admitted to taking the following items from the store:
4 Play Station 5’s
Steering wheel with pedals set
2 Video games
3 Funko Pop toys
8 packs of Pokémon booster packs
Pokémon trainer box
Pokémon VStar box
2 Xbox controllers
2 Nintendo Switch’s
Officers received a signed document from Houchin in his own writing about the fraud and theft he committed on the store and the items he took. Police say officers talked with Houchin in the back of GameStop and noted that he was completely cooperative and upset about what he did.
Before Houchin was taken into custody, he told officers he had one of the gift cards in his wallet.
Houchin was arrested on the charges of:
Theft Value At Least $750 But LESS THAN $50,000
Fraud
Houchin was released.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 23 | December 3, 2022 10:25 PM |
Wow, terrible. I never thought employees could cheat people who trade in games. I wonder if I’ve been cheated, I’ve traded in many games to Game Stop.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 3, 2022 12:54 PM |
How was it possible to steal so much stock and evade detection for so long?
by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 3, 2022 12:59 PM |
The arrested employee had no end game but we wanted his game stopped.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 3, 2022 1:05 PM |
GameStop is STILL a thing?
by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 3, 2022 1:05 PM |
R4 Yeah, physical console games are still quite popular. I guess because there's limited disk space on most consoles and digital games are rarely cheaper.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 3, 2022 1:24 PM |
But who will play him in the TV movie biopic?
by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 3, 2022 1:31 PM |
He certainly looks the part of someone who'd steal from GameStop.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 3, 2022 1:31 PM |
R8
Nah, he looks like every white male incel.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 3, 2022 1:36 PM |
oh,...... let him keep the 3 Funko Pop toys
by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 3, 2022 1:38 PM |
isn't the bitcoin scammer the scam? and similar hair too!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 13 | December 3, 2022 1:44 PM |
Is this unique or newsworthy in any way?
by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 3, 2022 1:47 PM |
[quote] Ticen
Pronounced “Tyson,” I guess? I can’t blame him for choosing a life of crime with a name like that.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 3, 2022 2:06 PM |
And the gay angle is….?
Is it that he’s too ugly for gay men to be interested in?
by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 3, 2022 2:07 PM |
[quote] I never thought employees could cheat people who trade in games.
He didn’t cheat customers (at least, not directly). He made fake returns. No customer involved, just him and barcodes.
And then, of course, he just flat out stole stuff from the store, but again, no customers involved.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 3, 2022 2:07 PM |
R19
He did cheat customers who wanted a PS5 and couldn’t get one because of lack of supply.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 3, 2022 2:13 PM |
someone was taking a lot from the supply closet - news at 10
by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 3, 2022 2:38 PM |
R21
We’ve been bombarded with news stories about black people stealing far less than this. Interesting that people think this is nothing but are quick to demonize black people.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 3, 2022 3:02 PM |
Was that the point of this nonsense?
by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 3, 2022 10:25 PM |
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