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jailed for $500,000 meth-fueled crime wave and ORC in San Antonio - Six more
arrests are expected Police said they have recovered $500,000 worth of
stolen property, including electronics, guns, drugs, a boat and mail that was
used to open false accounts. Most of it was seized from a trailer park in the
16200 block of U.S. 281 North. They were waking up in the morning, and to
support their drug habit they were burglarizing and stealing as much as they
could, as often as they could,” San Antonio police Chief William McManus said.
“We expect that this will put a big dent in the property crime numbers here in
San Antonio and in the surrounding counties.” In addition to stealing property,
including dozens of vehicles, members of the ring committed identity theft,
forgeries and weapons violations, McManus said. Law enforcement officers from
Bexar and Guadalupe Counties, as well as Converse, Selma, and the city's public
works and code compliance departments assisted in the investigation. During that
interview, police said Nelson admitted that he was with Costello when he stole a
remote-controlled helicopter from a 7-11 store back in February, the affidavit
stated. They were hitting stores and selling the merchandise to a pawn shop.
(Source
ksat.com) (Source
mysanantonio.com)
 Chicago
credit card fraud ring boss threatened rival 'would be cut into pieces': Feds
The alleged Chicago boss of an international credit card fraud racket has ties
to organized crime in Bulgaria, kidnapped a man in Chicago and robbed him of
$800,000, ordered a beating and warned a rival would be “cut into pieces,” feds
say. And Gheorgui “Mitsubishi” Martov, 39, of Schiller Park, admitted as much
when he was arrested last month, prosecutors allege in a recent court filing.
Indicted alongside 16 co-defendants on March 26, Martov is charged with
overseeing the U.S. wing of a massive ATM fraud scheme headquartered in Sofia,
Bulgaria. Prosecutors accused him last month of dishing out credit card numbers
that were stolen in Europe to lower level gang members who then made hundreds of
fraudulent ATM withdrawals in the Chicago area using phony duplicate cards. But
allegations contained in court papers filed by the U.S. Attorney’s office
Wednesday go far beyond mere financial fraud — painting him as a figure every
bit as dangerous as Chicago’s Outfit. (Source
suntimes.com)
Armenian Power gang found guilty of skimming thousands of cards from 99 Cents
Only Stores in Los Angeles Two leaders of the Armenian Power gang were
found guilty today by a federal jury in Los Angeles for their participation in a
racketeering conspiracy that included extortion, bank fraud targeting elderly
bank customers and a sophisticated credit and debit card skimming scheme that
stole account numbers and personal identification numbers (PINs) from thousands
of people who used their cards at 99 Cents Only Stores throughout Southern
California. Armenian Power leaders Mher “Capone” Darbinyan and Arman “Horse”
Sharopetrosian were each found guilty for their roles in a racketeering
conspiracy, and an associate of the gang, Rafael Parsadanyan, was found guilty
for his role in the 99 Cents Only Stores skimming scheme.
(Source
imperialvalleynews.com)
Two Home Depot employees busted sending in shoppers buying merchandise tagged
with stock ID numbers priced far less than value - hit for $10,000.00 in Stuart,
Fla.
Two Charged with Shoplifting Nearly $1,000 of Neckties From Belk in Jackson, TN
Police
charge Raleigh, NC man received stolen tools from Home Depot, Lowe’s
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