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Man is charged with cheating Home Depot stores, including one in Maine, out of $300,000 with door-return scam

Man is charged with cheating Home Depot stores, including one in Maine, out of $300,000 with door-return scam

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Federal prosecutors say a Connecticut man was given nearly $300,000 in fraudulent Home Depot credit in several states, including Maine.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Rhode Island says 26-year-old Alexandre Henrique Costa-Mota was detained without bail after a judge entered not-guilty pleas on his behalf to wire fraud charges.

Prosecutors allege he walked into the stores, grabbed expensive doors and immediately returned them for credit.

Prosecutors allege he sometimes took doors without paying and returned them at different Home Depot stores.

Home Depot stores in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey were involved.

His attorney did not immediately comment.

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