NORTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Riverdale man is facing felony fraud charges after Alpharetta police say he stole credit card information from a customer at the hotel where he worked, then booked a luxury hotel in New York City and chronicled the entire trip on Facebook.
Police said the victim noticed hundreds of dollars in erroneous charges at a Hilton in New York and contacted the Garden Inn in Alpharetta where he'd recently put up visiting relatives.
"He captured the credit card information off a patron. He then went on vacation and used that patron's credit card information to rent his own hotel in New York City," Officer George Gordon told Channel 2's Mike Petchenik.
Videos on Patrick Gissentanner's Facebook page show him strolling through Manhattan, drinking champagne out of a bottle and ordering room service in a luxury hotel room.
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Police arrested Gissentanner March 2 after he arrived back to Atlanta from his trip.
“He forged documentation from his current employer so that he could get an employee discount while in New York City,” said Gordon.
Police said the 22-year-old messed up by making the hotel reservations in his own name and by posting the videos on Facebook and Snapchat.
An incident report Petchenik obtained said Gissentanner told detectives he knew he’d done something wrong and that it was the first time he’d done it.
The report said the hotel immediately fired Gissentanner after the allegations were made.
The general manager of the hotel had no comment for Petchenik Tuesday. Petchenik also reached out to Gissentanner via Facebook for comment, but he had not heard back as of Tuesday.
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