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Cops: Millionaire Dentist Buys $40 in Pizza on Student's Lost Credit Card

Mar 8, 2011 – 6:43 PM
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Ben Muessig

Ben Muessig Contributor

Chew on this: Police say a millionaire dentist used a stolen credit card to buy $40 worth of pizza -- then bragged to investigators about his net worth.

Even though he had $250 in his wallet, Richard Lewis Ludwig didn't hesitate to charge $40.64 on a stranger's credit card that he found on Friday in a shopping center's parking lot, according to deputy sheriffs in Polk County, Fla.

Now, the 54-year-old Michigan dentist -- who was in town to watch his son's baseball game -- is facing charges of credit-card theft, forgery and attempting to use the ID of another person without consent, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

Authorities say the card belonged to Harrun Majeed, an Army veteran and community college student who realized his credit card was missing after leaving the shopping center.

Majeed reportedly called his credit card company and learned that someone had used his card to make a purchase at a restaurant in the complex. The victim alerted authorities, who confronted Ludwig while he was waiting for his two large pies with extra olives.

Ludwig reportedly confessed he found the credit card on the ground, then laughed while telling deputies that he is "absolutely not" experiencing financial problems and, in fact, has a net worth of between $3 million and $4 million.

Read more at OrlandoSentinel.com.

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