It’s not just the time and effort he’s expended, the money lost and the hassle of it all that bothers business owner Larry Williams.

It’s that his standing in the community of Lompoc has been damaged.

Williams’ troubles started a few weeks ago when unauthorized charges began showing up on payment cards belonging to his customers at the Pizza Garden restaurant on North H Street. Williams said he knows it couldn’t be any of his employees making those charges. And he knows he didn’t do any.

Besides, the statements he saw looked like the unauthorized charges were in Russian characters. Read More!