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More on Yesterday's $6M
Box Stuffing Crew Bust with Video
 $6 million multi-state box-stuffing ORC crew busted
in San Diego Five
people are in custody and two others are being
sought in what authorities described as an
interstate shoplifting ring that netted as much as
$6 million. In November 2008, police began
investigating a crew that would enter a store like
Target and head for the electronics department.
According to documents obtained by 10News, once in
the electronics area the group would employ a
box-stuffing technique -- removing an item from a
large box and then refilling it with thousands of
dollars worth of electronic items. The group would
then reseal the box and either pay for the original
item or somehow take the box out of the store. Once
removed from the store, the documents said the group
would sell the items on eBay or to people who would
frequently buy from them. Arrest warrants indicated
surveillance video captured the crew in the act at
dozens of stores a day across several states.
(Source
10news.com)
11 more members of the identity theft ring that used
their fake documents to purchase expensive items and
gift cards from retailers in the Mid West indicted
bringing the total to 17 now.
A 26-year-old Richfield man was federal indicted for
his alleged role in an identity-theft ring that the
feds say is responsible for the loss of more than $2
million from financial institutions and retail
businesses in at least 14 states. The indictment
also outlines what the U.S. Attorney’s Office called
a complex plot to defraud banks and retail
businesses, primarily in the Midwest. The U.S.
Attorney’s Office alleges that some of the members
of the theft ring were at work when they stole the
identification information of other people—and then
provided it to co-conspirators who used it to create
fake driver’s licenses and identification cards,
along with counterfeit checks. Identification
information was stolen through other means as well,
including mail theft, vehicle break-ins and business
burglaries, the indictment alleges. Some of the
information was even reportedly purchased from other
criminals. The fake documents and counterfeit checks
were then used by the alleged fraudsters to purchase
expensive items and gift cards at retail stores.
Later, but often that same day, after the receipts
had been altered, the items were allegedly returned
for cash that was divided among those involved in
the theft ring. (Source
patch.com)
Skimmer pleads guilty to using fake id's to buy
$200,000 in Apple iPads and iPhones.
A Houston-area man was on supervised release for
access device fraud when he was arrested Aug. 7 in
the Houston area. The credit card the suspect tried
to use was linked to fraudulent purchases at other
Apple stores in Louisiana and Texas and the credit
card numbers had been skimmed from an Austin
business. (Source
mercurynews.com)
"One-woman shoplifting spree" sounding like a one
person ORC operation - busted in Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada. Police
said reports of shoplifting incidents had been
pouring in from around the city. Security said staff
at several stores had seen someone cutting off theft
prevention tags before fleeing with clothing items.
Victoria police Const. Mike Russell said a large
amount of stolen goods has since been recovered
"yielding thousands of items." Russell said officers
have spent four days cataloguing all of the evidence
and are only halfway through.
(Source
timescolonist.com)
New Jersey State Police Cargo Theft Unit busted an
organized theft ring last
week breaking into a warehouse and using tow motors
to load their stolen trucks all the while police
were video taping them. (Source
foxnews.com)
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