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Complex credit card fraud netted ringleaders "$1 million
easily" in Alabama and Georgia hitting retailers
Alabama - Two men charged by Gardendale police in a
sophisticated credit card fraud scheme were making up to $1
million a year in ill-gotten gains, including about $20,000
in just two days in the Birmingham area, police said.
Tymaree Conyers, 29, of South Carolina, and Raymond Walker,
29, of Georgia were ringleaders in a complex organization
committing credit/debit card fraud that spanned multiple
states, said Gardendale police Detective Chris Clark. "It
was like a spider-web organization that you would see in a
mob movie,'' Clark said. "It's very complex, and it's the
new drug dealing." They take 100 or 200 of the cards to a
store, such as Walmart, and use them to buy gift cards, as
many time as they can until the card is rejected. Once a
card is declined, they move on to another card, Clark said.
"In video surveillance I've watched clerks sit there for 10
or 12 minutes and watch people use multiple cards in
multiple transactions,'' he said. "My experience is they
don't care." Once they get the gift cards, they use those to
go shopping, or pay bills, or for anything they might need
for daily living. (Source
al.com)
Two-year investigation into theft, fraud leads to 19
indictments in Wood County, OH.
A two-year investigation of retail fraud, retail theft,
scamming credit cards, and use of clone credit cards led to
19 indictments in Wood County this week, authorities said at
a news conference today in Perrysburg Township. "We're in
the six figures easily," Sgt. Jim Gross said, of the
Perrysburg Township police. "This is happening all over,
it's everywhere. Think about just about every retailer it
has been occurring at. Primarily at the construction,
home-improvement businesses because some of this was being
funneled back into construction trades." Eleven of the 19
were arrested Wednesday. U. S. Marshals of the Northern Ohio
Violent Fugitives Task Force and Wood County Sheriffs Office
received three search warrants while apprehending those
individuals that led to additional evidence to the
investigation. The investigation is still open. The eight
still are currently being pursued by the departments.
(Source
toledoblade.com)
Organized retail theft ring may be targeting Sparks, NV
The Sparks Police Department says it is investigating a
series of commercial burglaries that occurred at two Best
Buy stores in Sparks earlier this week. The suspects are
believed to be part of an organized retail theft ring
possibly operating out of California, Sparks police said.
“We believe that the suspects may have had help from a local
source in committing the burglaries,” police said in a news
release. That information is still under investigation. We
also believe that the suspects may have stayed at a local
motel just prior to or immediately after the thefts.
(Source
sparkspd.com)
ORC team of three busted hitting Wal-Mart stores in Newton
Count, GA.
The Newton County Sheriff's Office has arrested three
suspects who were apparently involved in a scheme to
shoplift merchandise and then return it for cash. Deputies
were initially called to the store around 12:30 p.m. in
response to the shoplifting of a TV stand. A store employee
had reportedly confronted a male shoplifting suspect as he
tried to exit the store. The suspect ran, but deputies
located him before he could get in a waiting vehicle
occupied by his father and a woman. A search of the car and
found several Wal-Mart receipts and used Wal-Mart bags
inside. Jefferson said deputies were able to determine that
the suspects were "using the receipts and bags to get
refunds for items they had not purchased."
(Source
newtoncitizen.com)
Credit
card ID theft ring busted in Coweta County, GA.
Coweta County authorities have arrested two men in
connection with a suspected ID theft ring, with more arrests
expected. With stolen financial information, the suspects
used computers, printing and hologram machines, as well as
magnetic card encoders, to create credit and debit cards and
driver’s licenses, according to Investigator Chad McDonald
with the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office.
(Source
times-herald.com) |
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