TROY LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. WAYNE COUNTY MAN WAS EXPECTING ONE REPLACEMENT CREDIT
CARD. WHAT HE RECEIVED BY MAIL
INSTEAD IS ONE OF THE MOST
BIZARRE POTENTIAL FRAUD CASES
WE’VE SEEN AND HELP ME HANK IS
GETTING ANSWERS. THANKS FOR
JOINING US HERE AT SIX. I’M
KRISTY MCDONALD IN FOR KIMBERLY
GILL DEVIN SCILLIAN, A LOCAL
BANK OF AMERICA. CUSTOMER
CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL FRAUD
ENDS UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A
POSSIBLE SCHEME INVOLVING HIS
ACCOUNT NUMBER AND DOZENS OF
DIFFERENT NAMES. SO WILD ONE
CONCERN. INVESTIGATOR HANK HELP
ME HANK, NOW IN TOUCH WITH BANK
OF AMERICA, HANK WINCHESTER,
LIVE WITH WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
HANK. AND DEVIN. A WILD ONE IS
RIGHT. I MEAN, WE’VE ALL BEEN
THERE, RIGHT? YOU HAVE AN ISSUE
WITH YOUR CARDS. SO YOU CALL THE
BANK. YOU CANCEL IT. THEY SEND
YOU A NEW ONE. THAT’S WHAT
HAPPENED IN THIS CASE. HE GOT A
NEW CARD, BUT THEN TAKE A LOOK.
HE ALSO GOT EVERY ONE OF THESE
CARDS FROM BANK OF AMERICA IN
THE MAIL. THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME
ACCOUNT NUMBER ON THE CARD. BUT
EVERY SINGLE CARD ISSUED TO A
DIFFERENT PERSON. THEN IT TURNED
INTO KIND OF A GAME. I WAS LIKE,
OH, WELL, WHAT ARE ALL THESE
DIFFERENT NAMES? THERE’S SOME
INTERESTING NAMES. BRANDON
KATANA COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. WHAT
STARTED AS A POSSIBLE FRAUD CASE
TIED TO HIS BANK OF AMERICA CARD
TURNED INTO A MYSTERY AND AN
EVEN BIGGER POSSIBLE SECURITY
CONCERNS. I WAS ABSOLUTELY
CONCERNED, I DIDN’T WANT TO
TOUCH ANYTHING THAT HAD TO DO
WITH THAT. CREDIT CARD. BRANDON
AS BANK OF AMERICA FOR A NEW
CARD ARRIVED, BUT SO DID MORE
THAN 25, OTHERS, ALL WITH THE
SAME NUMBERS, BUT EACH CARD TIED
TO A DIFFERENT NAME. IT WAS MY
CREDIT CARD NUMBER AND
EVERYTHING, BUT THERE WERE 26
DIFFERENT ONES, ALL DIFFERENT
NAMES. BRANDON IMMEDIATELY
REACHED OUT TO BANK OF AMERICA.
HE THOUGHT THAT ISSUE HAD BEEN
TAKEN CARE OF. BUT THEN RECENTLY
THESE WHAT APPEAR TO BE
IMPOSTER. LETTERS FROM BANK OF
AMERICA ARRIVING, ASKING ABOUT
ADDING NAMES TO THAT ACCOUNT, I
STARTED INVESTIGATING AND
REACHED OUT TO BANK OF AMERICA.
I WAS TOLD THEY’D NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE WORK
WAS GETTING UNDERWAY THIS
AFTERNOON TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE
ONCE AND FOR ALL. AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, TO PROTECT BRANDON
SIDE. BACK OUT HERE LIVE. THIS
IS A STRANGE ONE. RIGHT? SO WE
DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
BANK OF AMERICA TODAY. THEY DO
BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ISOLATED
INCIDENT. THEY’RE NOT EXACTLY
SURE HOW THIS ALL PLAYED OUT,
BUT THEY SAY THAT CUSTOMER’S
SAFETY AND SECURITY A KEY
PRIORITY. THEY’RE WORKING WITH
BRANDON, MAKE SURE THESE
ACCOUNTS ARE LOCKED DOWN. WE’RE
LIVE HERE TONIGHT. HANK
WINCHESTER HELPING HANK BACK TO
YOU. QUITE A DECK THERE IN FRONT
OF YOU. SO UNIQUE CASE HERE,
HANK. VERY UNIQUE. BUT WHAT
SHOULD SOMEBODY DO IF THIS
HAPPENS? YEAH AND DEVIN. IT
DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A SITUATION
LIKE THIS. WHEN I’VE TOLD PEOPLE
BEFORE. I THINK ONE OF THE
SMARTEST THINGS EVERYBODY CAN DO
IS LOCK THEIR CREDIT DOWN.
CONTACT TRANS UNION, EQUIFAX,
ALL THE SECURITY ALL THE CREDIT
REPORTING AGENCIES, YOU CAN DO
IT FOR FREE OR PAY SMALL FREE
FEE AND IT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE
FOR THESE HACKERS TO GET YOUR
CREDIT AND STEAL YOUR I’D REALLY
IMPORTANT STEP EXACTLY RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, HANK. AFTER THREE
YEARS OF COVID PROTOCOLS,
HOSPITALS ACROSS MICHIGAN ARE
LIFTING THEIR MASKING
REQUIREMENTS FOR PATIENTS AND
FOR STAFF ARE MARA MACDONALD IS
LIVE IN DEARBORN TONIGHT, AND
MAREQUE ORWELL CEO IS EXPLAINING
WHY THEY MADE THIS DECISION.
CHRISTIE THAT’S RIGHT. AND CORE
WELL, IS ESSENTIALLY THE NEW
NAME FOR THE BEAUMONT HEALTH
SYSTEM HAS SINCE MERGED AND THE
CEO SAYS LOOK, THERE ARE A
VARIETY OF FACTORS HERE, BUT
NUMBER ONE IS A SIMPLE DATA
POINT IN THAT INPATIENT COVID
BEDS AND THE DEMAND FOR THEM.
IT’S JUST PLUNGED. I THINK FOR
MANY OF US IN HEALTH CARE THIS
IS A REALLY REMARKABLE DAY.
THOSE OF US WHO WENT THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC AND IT’S HARDEST TIMES.
I THINK MANY OF US WILL FIND IT
HARD TO BELIEVE BACK THEN THERE
WOULD EVER BE A TIME WHERE WE
WOULDN’T HAVE TO WEAR MASKS
EVERYWHERE TODAY IS THAT DAY
CORE WELL ANNOUNCING STARTING
TOMORROW MORNING PATIENTS, STAFF
AND VISITORS WILL NO LONGER BE
SUBJECT TO MANDATORY MASKING
REQUIREMENTS, THE LATEST IN A
STRING OF HEALTH SYSTEMS ACROSS
THE STATE, WHICH HAVE NOW DONE
AWAY WITH MASKING NO MASKS WILL
BE REQUIRED AT HENRY FORD
TOMORROW MORNING ASCENSION HAS
ALREADY DONE AWAY WITH THEM. SO
IS MICHIGAN MEDICINE. TRINITY
DOES AWAY WITH MASKS. ON MONDAY,
ALL OF THIS SAID YOU CAN STILL
MASK IF YOU WANT. THE HOSPITAL
SYSTEM SAY THE MASKING
REQUIREMENT COULD RETURN IN THE
CASE OF A MAJOR FLU OR COVID
SPIKE, BUT THE PREFERENCE IS FOR
PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS TO BE
MASKED FREE. HERE’S WHY I THINK
ONE OF THE BIG MOTIVATIONS FOR
US IS THAT THE MASKING WAS
SOMETHING THAT I THINK WAS
DETRACTING FROM OUR PATIENT
EXPERIENCE FROM OUR TEAM MEMBERS
EXPERIENCE. IT’S HARD TO IGNORE
FOR MANY OF US THAT WE WOULD GO
TO SPORTING EVENTS OR BEYOND IN
PUBLIC PLACES AND NOT HAVE TO
WEAR MASKS, BUT THEN HAVE TO
WEAR MASKS AT THE WORKPLACE AND
HE WAS TIME WE’RE SUPER EXCITED.
TO TAKE THIS NEXT STEP FURTHER.
BACK HERE LIVE SOMETHING TO
CONSIDER IN AREAS OF THE
HOSPITALS, AND THERE ARE VARIOUS
CLINICS THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE
WORN MASKS PLACES LIKE
TRANSPLANT CLINICS. YOU WILL
STILL HAVE TO BE MASKED. YOUR
CAREGIVERS WILL STILL BE MASKED
HOSPITALS LIKE ORWELL WILL STILL
HAVE, YOU KNOW, SANITIZATION
STATIONS WITH MASKS WITH HAND
SANITIZER. AND AS A PATIENT, OF
COURSE, YOU CAN ALWAYS REQUEST
THAT YOUR CARE TEAM. BE MASKED.
WE’RE LIVE IN DEARBORN TONIGHT.
I’M MARA MACDONALD LOCAL FORM.
OF COURSE, MARA. THEY’RE LOOKING
AT THESE DATA POINTS IN SETTING
THE DECREASE IN IN PATIENT COVID
BEDS AS PART OF THE DECISION,
BUT IS THERE ANY CONCERN THAT
OPTIONAL MASKING WILL SEE THOSE
NUMBERS GO BACK UP? YOU KNOW,
THEY DON’T SEEM TO GET DOESN’T
SEEM TO EVEN BE ON THEIR RADAR.
I THINK THAT THE DATA POINTS
LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT ARE SO LOW
AS FAR AS INFECTION RATE AND AS
FAR AS YOU KNOW, BEDS THERE ARE
BEING USED. THEY DON’T SEE THAT
IT IS A THREAT TO THE SYSTEM.
ALRIGHT, THANKS SO MUCH. MARA
MACDONALD REPORTING TONIGHT.
DETROIT’S CORE CITY
NEIGHBORHOOD. TODAY PEOPLE
TURNED OUT TO PROTEST BLIGHT ON
ONE PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR.
TONIGHT, THE PROPERTY OWNERS
ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM OUR
SHAWN LEY, WHO’S LIVE WITH MORE
ON THE STORY, SHAWN. DE’VEON
WHOLE ISSUE YOU CAN SEE RIGHT
BEHIND ME. MOUNTAINS OF CONCRETE
YOU SEE ON THIS PROPERTY THERE
IT IS RIGHT THERE. THE CITY
CALLS THAT A NUISANCE PROTESTERS
HERE TODAY SAY THEY HAVE HEALTH
CONCERNS OF THIS FACILITY RAMPS
UP INTO A CONCRETE CRUSHING
OPERATION. THERE’S ANOTHER SIDE
TO THIS AS WELL. THE PROPERTY
OWNER WHO TELLS US TONIGHT HE’S
MORE THAN WILLING TO FIND A
SOLUTION. CLEAN UP, CLEAN UP
YOUR MESS. THIS GROUP OF
PROTESTERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS
AND A WOMAN NAMED ELEANOR
PARNELL DEMANDING THAT PROPERTY
OWNER MURRAY WEICHEL CLEAN UP
THIS SITE AND WHAT’S KNOWN AS
THE CORE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD.
PARNELL LIVES A FEW BLOCKS AWAY
FROM THE SITE THAT IS ZONED
COMMERCIAL IS BOARDED BY I 96
BUT SHE WANTS THIS GONE. SHE
DOESN’T WANT TO PROPOSED
CONCRETE CRUSHING OPERATION TO
START UP HERE. I NOW WANT TO
COME HOME FROM WORK AND SIT ON
MY PORCH AND BREATHE CLEAN AIR,
NOT CONCRETE, CRUSHED AIR GROUP
IS DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY FROM
WEICHEL. WE ASKED HIM TO ANSWER
OUR QUESTIONS. AND HE DID.
PROTESTERS SAY HE DOES NOT HAVE
THE PROPER PERMITS FOR THE SITE
. I THINK THEY WERE PROBABLY
REFERRING TO IS OUR REQUESTS FOR
CONCRETE CRUSHING PERMIT. AND WE
ARE GOING BEFORE THE BZ A TO GET
THAT PERMIT. WE ARE WILLING TO
POTENTIALLY NOT DO CONCRETE
CRUSHING THERE, AND THAT’S NEWS
HERE TODAY. MICHAEL’S SIDE THAT
HE CLEARED TONS OF ILLEGAL
DUMPING OFF OF THIS SITE AND PUT
UP A FENCE TO STOP ANY MORE
DUMPING IN THE CONCRETE THAT
WOULD BE CRUSHED HERE GOES BACK
INTO FIXING THE ROADS TONIGHT.
WEICHEL IS ASKING FOR A MEETING
WITH MAYOR DUGGAN AND HIS OPEN
TO THE CITY, RELOCATING THIS TO
ANOTHER AREA. I WANT TO SET THE
RECORD STRAIGHT. WE HAVE NOT
DONE OURSELVES CAN M OR R
OPERATOR MID MICHIGAN RECYCLING
ANY CONCRETE CRUSHING THERE? WE
HAVE NOT DONE ANY DUMPING THERE.
BACK HERE. LIVE CITY OF DETROIT
, SUING THE PROPERTY OWNER JUST
LAST WEEK, WANTING THIS PROPERTY
CLEAR TO THOSE MOUNTAINS OF
CONCRETE HERE, THE OWNER RIGHT
THERE. HE’S TELLING US THAT A
THEY WANTS TO HELP HELP WORK
WITH THE CITY TO FIND ANOTHER
USE FOR THIS PROPERTY OR WORK
WITH THE CITY TO FIND ANOTHER
AREA, ANOTHER PROPERTY TO MOVE
TO OR LIVE TONIGHT. SHAWN LEY
LOCAL PORK BACK TO YOU, RIGHT,
SEAN? IT’S BEEN EXACTLY TWO
MONTHS SINCE THE DEADLY SHOOTING
AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY,
WHICH IS WHY GOVERNOR WHITMER
SHOWS SPARTAN STADIUM AS THE
SETTING FOR SIGNING WHAT SHE
CALLS TO COMMON SENSE BILLS TO
PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE. THE LAWS
BRING NEW RULES FOR THE SAFE
STORAGE OF GUNS IN HOMES WITH
CHILDREN AND EXPANDED BACKGROUND
CHECKS DURING GUN PURCHASES.
BILL SIGNING WAS FOLLOWED BY A
RALLY ON THE STEPS OF THE STATE
CAPITAL IN LANSING. MEANTIME THE
STATE HOUSE HAS PASSED ITS
VERSION OF A SO CALLED RED FLAG
LAW, IT WOULD TEMPORARILY REMOVE
FIREARMS FROM PEOPLE DEEMED TO
BE AT RISK UNDER THE PROPOSAL OF
FAMILY MEMBER PARTNER OR A
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL COULD
PETITION A JUDGE FORCING THE
INDIVIDUAL TO PROVE THAT THEY
ARE NOT A THREAT. THE STATE
SENATE HAS ALREADY PASSED ITS
OWN VERSION OF RED FLAGS SO THE
TWO WOULD HAVE TO BE RECONCILED.
EARLIER THIS WEEK. WE TOLD YOU
ABOUT THE FUNGAL INFECTION
OUTBREAK AFFECTING EMPLOYEES AT
A FACTORY IN THE UPPER PENINSULA
, WHERE WE’VE NOW LEARNED THAT
BILIRUBIN PAPER MILL IN ESCANABA
HAS BEEN IDLED. IT MAY REMAIN
CLOSED FOR UP TO THREE WEEKS DUE
TO 21 CONFIRMED CASES AND 76
PROBABLE CASES. BLAST OF MY CO
SIS INFECTIONS FIRST CAME TO
LIGHT IN EARLY MARCH. THE NUMBER
OF CASES HAS STEADILY GROWN, THE
PAPER MILL WILL UNDERGO DEEP
CLEANING IN A NUMBER OF AREAS.
BLAST ON MY COAST. THIS
ORIGINATES FROM FUNGUS. KNOWN TO
LIVE IN WOODED AREAS. IT DOES
NOT SPREAD FROM PERSON TO PERSON
MEANING WORK MATERIALS BROUGHT
INTO THE MILL ARE THE LIKELY
SOURCE OF EACH INDIVIDUAL
ILLNESS. WELL WE’RE JUST
CONTINUING THIS GORGEOUS STREAK
OF WEATHER AND KIMJONGILIA NOW
WITH JUST HOW MUCH LONGER WE CAN
ENJOY THIS BEFORE BEING BROUGHT
BACK DOWN REALITY NOT LONG
ENOUGH, THAT’S FOR SURE IT IS
GOING TO LAST THOUGH ANOTHER
COUPLE OF DAYS, SO YOU’VE GOT
THE END OF THE WORK WEEK IN THE
FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND TO
ENJOY THIS NICE WEATHER. WE’VE
GOT SUNSHINE OUT THERE NOW. WE
DID MAKE IT TO 83. WE’RE NOW
DOWN TO 82 AT METRO AIRPORT,
LOWER EIGHTIES IN HOWELL,
PONTIAC AND ALSO IN ADRIAN.
HERE’S A LOOK AT THE HIGH
TEMPERATURES. WE MADE IT TO 84
CITY AIRPORT, 83 AT METRO AND 81
PONTIAC 82 LAPEER BUDS AROUND
THE TREES, AND SOME OF THE TREES
ARE EVEN STARTING TO POP. LINDA
SENT US THIS FROM CLINTON
TOWNSHIP. BUT WITH THAT COMES
ALLERGY SEASON AND WE NEED TO
START DOING THE ALLERGY FORECAST
AS TREE POLLEN IS VERY HIGH
RIGHT NOW, RAGWEED GRASS AND
MOLD SPORES ARE LOW. BUT IF
YOU’RE SNIFFLING AND SNEEZING A
LITTLE BIT, IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE
OF THAT TREE POLLEN. FOR
TOMORROW. WE’LL GET RIGHT BACK
TO 80 DEGREES. A PERFECT END. TO
WHAT I THINK ANYWAY, HAS BEEN A
PRETTY PERFECT WEEK FOR US, BUT
WE DO HAVE RAIN IN THE FORECAST
FOR THE WEEKEND AND MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK. WE’LL
TALK ABOUT THIS DIP IN OUR
HIGHEST COMING UP IN THE
FORECAST, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS
CHECK OUT WHAT’S GOING ON IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT’S EASY.