‘Magician’ swindles Walmart cashiers out of hundreds with trick, Texas police say
One Texas town has a brand new magician who has been making the rounds at Walmart, police stated.
Seguin police stated one guy has swindled cashiers out of hundreds with a slight-of-the-hand trick.
“Penn & Teller — be careful,” the dept stated in a March 14 information free up. “Seguin has their own magician on the upward push.”
A person stopped via a neighborhood Walmart two times — on January 10 and February 12 — to follow his methods, police stated.
“Unfortunately, best he knew concerning the efficiency,” the dept stated.
In keeping with police, the person made off with round $2,700.
Within the trick, the individual “makes use of a slight of hand trick whilst counting out their exchange to pocket (the) cash,” police stated within the free up.
Then the individual will depend out the cash in entrance of the cashier to turn they have got been short-changed, whilst having the total quantity hidden of their different hand, police stated.
Police equipped two separate pictures of the person and urges any person who acknowledges him to touch 830-379-2123 so he may also be “booked” for his subsequent “efficiency.”
“Each a magician (and) a fashionista,” police stated. “This particular person replaced for his efficiency and is pictured all over each incidents.”
Seguin is set 35 miles northeast of San Antonio.
