HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A Cypress-area gym owner turned himself in on Wednesday after a client accused him of overcharging her thousands of dollars.
Teodoso Garza, 58, owns Max Speed and Strength, a youth-focused gym in northwest Harris County. According to court documents, a credit card obtained during the membership process was fraudulently charged $11,000.
Mom Rachael Dicons said when she heard a fellow parent ask Garza when duplicate credit card charges would be resolved, her ears perked up.
“When I came home that night, I checked my card and my heart sank to see that in the last week, I think there were five charges for a thousand dollars each,” Dicons said.
Dicons said she enrolled her two kids at the gym in November of last year, and agreed to pay $1,100 per kid for a yearly membership. But since then, Dicons said she and her bank have discovered 11 unauthorized charges…
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