The number of fraud cases involving Pullman-based credit and debit cards has continued to rise daily, with now more than 230 reports of fraud.

Pullman police received about 160 reported cases as of Wednesday morning, said Cmdr. Chris Tennant of the Pullman Police Department. The number is expected to grow.

“It’s really only a fraction of individuals affected by this,” he said.

Though the Pullman Police Department is leading the investigation, the WSU Police Department has received additional reports of fraud involving university bank accounts, WSU Lt. Steve Hansen said.

“There has been a number of unauthorized charges on these accounts,” Hansen said.

As of Tuesday, Tennant said, there were 74 cases of corporate fraud with university accounts reported to WSU police. That number is in addition to the reported cases to the Pullman Police Department.

Many individuals most likely haven’t noticed fraudulent transactions on their accounts because they don’t monitor them daily, he said. Also, many accounts that have been compromised have not experienced fraud yet.

In addition, many people do not report fraud to the police, he said.

“At this point there is nothing you can do to prevent it,” Tennant said.

However, he suggests that people monitor their accounts daily.

“We’re still at the information collecting stage of the investigation,” Tennant said.