A mom and
daughter from Long Island are facing several charges after allegedly scamming
credit card companies out of $850,000.
The
Manhattan District Attorney's office says Karen Geist and daughter Alyssa Geist
are now facing felony grand larceny charges.
Investigators say the mom, Karen Geist, made countless
purchases with a credit cards from 2008 to last year and then disputed the
charges to get the money back.
The DA
says Geist then taught her daughter how to pull off the scam.
Through a search warrant, the NYPD went to Karan Geist's
home and found more than 100 credit cards, along with items fraudulently
purchased.
The mom
and daughter have both pleaded not guilty.