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Vancouver PD & Canadian Border Services Agency's 'Project Lancer' investigation
busts major ID theft ring that included 200 fraudulent credit cards & gift cards
Identity fraud with a new twist: the scamsters exchanged rewards points for gift
cards. “I would say (the value of points stolen is) in the hundreds of thousands
of dollars,” said Ens. A long list of fraud charges has been approved against
Surrey couple Daniel Adam Suchecki, 34, and Christa Dawn Hucal, 25. When the
bust went down, police found ID and credit cards in a victim’s name, about 200
credit cards and ID in other names, stolen mail (from which the scamsters found
the details to enact fraud) and a credit card reader/writer. Also recovered was
$20,000 in e-gift and hard copy gift cards, along with four cars. Also recovered
were three stolen vehicles: a 2010 BMB 323i, a 2011 Ford Escape and a 2007 Honda
motorcycle. A credit card manufacturing machine was found in a
fraudulently-rented 2011 Jeep Cherokee. While RBC was a favorite of the
fraudsters because their reward program allowed people to cash in points for
gift cards without using a PIN, Sgt. Randy Fincham said: “It’s not just RBC.”
(Source
vancouversun.com)
UK female ORC ring leader gets prison sentence and is losing her house
She has been described in court as the leader of a gang of shoplifters who
target stores up and down the UK, using wigs and disguises to avoid being
recognized by security staff. Annette Daniel, 51, has a string of previous
convictions for shoplifting and is currently serving a 15-month prison sentence
for theft. The Crown has brought an action under the Proceeds of Crime Act to
reclaim Daniel’s illegal earnings, as well as a house in the Ruchill area of
Glasgow. Two of her accomplices, Roberta Burke, 50, of Mount Florida, Glasgow,
described in court as "a professional shoplifter", and the gang's "legman",
Thomas Shearer, 34, of Easterhouse, were also jailed for six months.
(Source
stv.tv)
Albany, Ga., ORC ring operating - Police are investigating Albany
police need your help finding three people of interest in two shoplifting cases
that have been linked. Police say that the first case happened Tuesday about
12:30 p.m. at the Southern Peach on North Westover Road while the second case
happened around 3:30 p.m. at Honeysuckle Hill on Dawson Road.
(Source
mysouthwestga.com)
Thieves spend months digging 50ft tunnel under Tesco in Eccles, UK to steal
thousand in cash during night raid Thieves dug a 50ft
tunnel under a building to steal thousands of pounds from a cash machine. Police
believe the gang spent months digging the 'complex' structure from nearby
wasteland to get at the cash at a Tesco store in Eccles, Greater Manchester last
Friday, March 14. The elaborate heist has been linked to the so-called
'mole-in-the-wall' gang, who are believed to have carried out three similar
plots in the city since 2007. (Source
dailymail.co.uk)
ORC ringleader in Sarasota has his 63 year old mother steal TV, deputies say
Six people have been arrested this week and charged with involvement in an
organized crime ring dealing in stolen goods from Sarasota to Venice. An ex-con
recently released from a Florida prison, Michael Rowles, 44, is accused of
masterminding the operation. Detectives say Rowles directed his 63-year-old
mother, a Sarasota pawn shop owner and three others in stealing and then selling
big-screen televisions, pork chops, and other goods from stores all over
Sarasota County. (Source
heraldtribune.com)
Man suspected of stealing more than $2,000 in alcohol in Irvine, CA; hit 9
different grocery stores in the last month
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