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Home Depot, Sears, Kmart, and Kohl's Hit By Identity
Theft Ring 7 suspects
used the stolen identities of over 180 people with
active store credit accounts at Home Depot, Sears,
Kmart, Kohl’s, and other retail stores. The ring
leader would obtain stolen identities including
names and social security numbers of legitimate
account holders and then purportedly called the
customer service numbers at the retail stores to
confirm that the victims had credit accounts and to
determine the available credit limit. Then with fake
driver's licenses send in his runners who would
charge merchandise and gift cards. Then go to other
stores and return the goods. (Source
Forbes.com)
 Suspected
statewide retail theft crew "The Barbie Bandits"
cleans out Columbia Center, $70,000
In mid December Kennewick, WA, police responded to a
theft call at Toys R Us and arrested one of two
suspects and found 200 items of stolen merchandise
valued at $4,000 in their vehicle. From this, it was
learned that nine other stores in and around the
Columbia Center Mall had also been struck by the
thieves, including Burlington Coat Factory,
Abercrombie & Fitch, Claire’s Boutique, Victoria
Secret, Bath and Body, Children’s Place, American
Eagle, Hollister, and Aeropostale. Subsequent
investigation revealed the identities of two other
suspects, 28-yr-old Tera A. Quarles (Marmolejo) and
26-yr-old Maria S. Zarate. Both of these females are
from Moses Lake, as well. On Tuesday 1/10/12,
Kennewick Police Detectives, together with the U.S.
Marshals Service and Moses Lake Police, executed
search warrants at the residences of the remaining
two suspects in Moses Lake. They were taken into
custody and more evidence was seized at their homes
valued in excess of $50,000 to $70,000. There was
property left at the residence that investigators
could not prove was stolen that was valued at three
times of what was seized. It is believed that this
organized retail theft ring may have connections to
Spokane, Tacoma, and Seattle. All three suspects
have been charged by the Benton County Prosecutor’s
Office with felony Organized Retail Theft.
(Source
keprtv.com)
Serial shoplifting husband wife team caught at
Wal-Mart in East Peoria, IL,
Nicole Clark and her husband had traveled to
Walmarts "all over Illinois" to ply their practiced
skills at retail theft of thousands of dollars of
items — including video games, DVDs and computer
software — that they could conceal in a purse or
bookbag, according to her statement recorded in an
affidavit filed by the Tazewell County State’s
Attorney’s Office. Nicole Clark said they had stolen
thousands of dollars worth of Walmart ware
throughout the state and reaped the profits from
their black-market sales through a friend of her
husband. (Source
privateofficerbreakingnews.com)
Three NY brothers-four others charged in million
dollar identity theft ring
Three brothers from Seaford were arrested today as
part of a seven-member identity theft ring that
stole more than 180 people’s store credit accounts
to obtain more than $1 million in merchandise, gift
cards and store credits. (Source
privateofficerbreakingnews.com)
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