The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is asking the public to help identify a man suspected of making multiple fraudulent ATM cash withdrawals in Washington Township, with deputies confirming the victims never lost possession of their physical debit cards. The withdrawals happened at an ATM at 400 Miamisburg-Centerville Road on October 9, and investigators say the case hinges on how the suspect got hold of the victims' card numbers without ever taking the cards themselves.
Deputies Search for Unknown Male Suspect
According to WDTN.com, the sheriff's office said deputies are in search of an unknown male suspect connected to the fraudulent transactions. As reported by dayton247now.com, the man allegedly used stolen debit card numbers at the ATM to pull off multiple withdrawals, even as the account holders kept their actual cards in their wallets.
That detail — victims retaining their physical cards while money still disappeared — points toward some form of card-skimming or data theft rather than a stolen wallet. Deputies have not said how the suspect obtained the debit card numbers, and that part of the investigation remains unresolved. The sheriff's office is asking anyone who can identify the man to contact Detective Linda Shutts at 937-432-2765 or Miami Valley Crime Stoppers at 937-222-STOP.
Washington Township Substation Handles Financial Crimes
Follow-up work on cases like this one typically falls to detectives based out of the Washington Township substation. Per the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, detectives assigned there conduct follow-up investigations on property crimes, assaults, robbery, domestic violence, auto theft, missing persons cases, and financial crimes — making this ATM fraud case a routine, if still unsolved, piece of their caseload.
This isn't the first time deputies have pursued a similar case tied to the same township. The sheriff's office previously sought help identifying two people accused of using a cloned card linked to a Washington Township resident, with the cloned card turning up at Kroger stores in the Cincinnati area. In that case, investigators likewise noted the resident still had their own debit card when the fraudulent transactions appeared — language nearly identical to what deputies are saying now.
Pattern Not Confirmed, but Cases Keep Surfacing
Washington Township has also seen other unrelated requests for public help this year, including an appeal to identify two suspects accused of robbing a BP gas station at gunpoint at 1580 Miamisburg-Centerville Road, where the pair allegedly stole cash from the registers along with vape cartridges from a display. That robbery and the cloned-card case are separate incidents from the October 9 ATM fraud, and nothing in the record ties them together as part of one coordinated scheme. Still, each case has run through the same investigative pipeline, with Detective Shutts listed as the point of contact for tips in both the cloned-card case and the new ATM fraud investigation.
For now, the suspect behind the October 9 withdrawals remains unidentified, and deputies are relying on the public to help close the gap. Anyone with information is urged to come forward through either of the two contact channels the sheriff's office has provided.
