SALT LAKE CITY – Prosecutors say a 26-year-old Sandy man used his father’s Mountain America CU Visa credit card to go on a one-day, $5,600 spending spree because he “needed an escape.”
Charles Iorg took his father’s credit union card from a drawer at his father’s home, where he had been living, on Jan. 27, according to court records.
He then called a limousine service and charged $450 to his dad’s card as the limo took him to a liquor store. Once he arrived at the liquor store, court documents say Iorg bought $62 worth of booze, then had the limo driver take him to an Apple Computer store, where he bought more than $4,100 in electronics.
Iorg then had the limo driver take him to the Grand America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City, where he checked in using the same card, according to prosecutors. Prosecutors say Iorg charged more than $720 at the hotel, including room service, spa services and pay-per-view movies.
Iorg admitted to taking his father’s card, using it for the spree, and returning it to the same drawer when he got back to the house.
