Houston Flooring Warehouse is offering a $10,000.00 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the theft of over $24,000 in flooring materials using a stolen credit card.
The flooring bandits that must be brought to justice used the COVID-19 crisis as cover for their scheme by abusing Houston Flooring Warehouse's COVID-19 emergency policies to steal over 10,000 square feet of flooring materials. The suspect who made the purchase provided a forged Texas driver’s license and used a stolen American Express card to make two purchases totaling over $24,000.00.
The original order was placed on April 30, 2020 at 3:49PM under the name of "Paul Young". He provided a Texas driver’s license that was later determined to be a forgery. He purchased 5,019 square feet of Universal SPC Casino collection Mirage and sent Jose Lopez TX DL#33907130 to pick up 55 boxes from Houston Flooring Warehouse on May 1st at 9:42 AM. Lopez then went to Universal Flooring's distribution center to pick up the additional 155 boxes. Lopez was driving a rented U-Haul truck with an Arizona license AD91039. This truck was later returned to Katy U-Haul center 20435 Katy Fwy. in Katy, Texas on May 4, 2020. Houston Flooring Warehouse was notified that the transaction was fraudulent on Monday May 4, 2020 at 6:34 AM. A police report was filed by Houston Flooring Warehouse on May 5, 2020. Katy U-Haul is cooperating with the police investigation.
A second order was placed the same individual, "Paul Young" TX DL#85276288, at 9:26 am on May 2, 2020. The second order was also picked up by Jose Lopez, who signed for the pickup. Lopez was driving a different U-Haul truck, license plate AHT6346.
Houston Flooring Warehouse wants other businesses to know about these criminals so that their future crimes may be foiled and they can be brought to justice.
"We can be sure this is not the first time these crooks have stolen something. They are out there doing it again somewhere right now. Houston Flooring Warehouse wants them brought to justice. Texas businesses have been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis and our fellow Texans are struggling. These crooks are an affront to our Texas values and must be stopped before they strike again. Houston Flooring Warehouse is offering a $10,000.00 cash reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of these criminals. If you know who they are and where they can be found it is your duty as a proud Texan to turn them in and collect the reward. The reward will only be paid once and that will be to the person that provides the information that pans out first. To provide information about the criminals please call 214-536-3367 and speak to Rachel," says Johnny Carpet, Houston Flooring Warehouse spokesman.
The stolen flooring material is SPC flooring, a rigid code luxury vinyl plank floor with a wood look. It is in the "Six Plus" line made by Universal Flooring. It is called "Casino Plus Collection". It is model: S003-Mirage. Houston Flooring advises the public to be vigilant. The thieves may be selling this material or installing it in a homeowner's house without their knowledge of the theft. Over 10,000 square feet of material were stolen, which is over 400 boxes. To provide information about the criminals please call 214-536-3367 and speak to Rachel.
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Houston Flooring Warehouse is a flooring and carpeting discount outlet store serving the Houston Metro area with deep discount flooring materials including engineered hardwood floors, solid hardwood floors, hand scraped hardwood, wood look tile, marble tile, ceramic tile, stone tile, laminate floors, carpeting, frieze, berber, plush carpets, natural stone, stone polymer composite floors, SPC, wood plastic composite floors, WPC, luxury vinyl plank flooring, LVP, LVT, granite and all other flooring materials for residential flooring installation and commercial flooring needs. The warehouse superstore is located 2 miles West of I-45 on FM 1960, also known as Cypress Creek Parkway between Kuykendahl Rd and Ella. Their address Houston Flooring Warehouse 2202 FM 1960 Houston, TX 77090.
