At 3:33 p.m. Monday, a U. of I. student reported that he was the victim of deceptive practices. The student’s brother had entered into a professional services agreement with an unknown person online, and the student agreed to accept payment for that work on his brother’s behalf. The unknown person sent a check exceeding the amount that the student’s brother was to be paid, with instructions to cash the check and return the difference. The student recognized the likely scam and turned over the fraudulent check to the police.
A U. of I. student reported that her headphones had been stolen between 5 p.m. Thursday and noon Friday from Wassaja Hall, 1202 S. First St., Champaign. The student mistakenly left the headphones in a common area, and location tracking data later showed that they had been taken to Vernon Hills, Illinois. The headphones have an estimated value of $250.
