Several comments in that post point out that this was probably a temporary hold put on this person's account when it was erroneously entered as a debit card payment with the ZIP code being accidentally used as the PIN. Temporary holds are common practice and fall off in a day or two. There should be a notice regarding this posted at the place of business. It is not nefarious or criminal.
I don't think this is a criminal issue and pity the workers Murphy's who now have been labeled as criminals because the original poster didn't bother to call her credit card company about it before posting and ruining someone's reputation.