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Millionaire Dentist Busted for Credit Card Theft

A Michigan dentist, who stole a credit card from a military veteran, to purchase two large pizzas with extra olives, was booked into the Polk County Jail on Saturday.

Dr. Richard Ludwig

Dr. Richard Ludwig, 54, who claimed his net worth is between 3-4 million dollars, was arrested and charged with impersonating and attempting to use the identification of another person.

Deputies said, 32-year-old Harrun Majeed of Davenport, reported his credit card lost to the credit card company, after he dropped in the parking lot of a Publix Supermarket last on Saturday, March 5. While on the phone with the company, Majeed learned that someone had made a new purchase at a pizza shop in the same plaza as the Publix Supermarket.  Majeed immediately informed deputies.

Investigators arrived at the pizza shop and made contact with the suspect, later identified as Dr. Richard Ludwig, who was waiting for the pizzas he ordered and paid for with Majeed’s credit card.  Ludwig was placed under arrest.

Ludwig admitted to finding Majeed’s credit card in the Publix parking lot, walking to the pizza shop and ordering two large pizza with extra olives, for a grand total of $40.64.  Ludwig had $250.00 in cash on him at the time of his arrest.

When questioned by deputies, Ludwig said he was a successful dentist in East Lansing in the Michigan area.  Asked whether he was having financial problems, deputies said, Dr. Ludwig laughed and said “absolutely not.”  He admitted that, risking his dental career and reputation for two large pizzas with extra olives was “dumb.”

Dr. Ludwig told deputies he was visiting Polk County because his son is playing in a baseball tournament in Winter Haven.

Ludwig has been charged with several counts, including, Impersonating/Attempting to Use the ID of Another Person Without Consent, Uttering False Instrument, Forgery, and Credit Card Theft.

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