"Operation Baby Steps" in Los Angeles ends in multiple arrests with cash and formula seizures. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, FBI and Kroger ORC team seized in excess of $500,000 in Enfamil formula and over $750,000 in cash from this fencing operation. ORC teams from Ralphs and Food 4 Less partnered with Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and the FBI for a 6 month ORC investigation conducting reverse buys of pallets of formula. FBI indicted 6 individuals and law enforcement executed 10 federal search warrants in 4 counties in the Los Angeles area. Article submitted by Denny Dansak, Corporate Manager, ORC for Kroger. (Source insidesocal.com)

A Minnesota woman has 30 identities, and was on an internet shopping spree every night. The victim said the bills and cards began arriving at his home early in June. He said he received bills from companies including Montgomery Ward, Midnight Velvet and Bargain Outlet, and that Amazon Visa and West Elm credit cards had been opened in his name. Among the items seized in the raid were the bedding, the slow cooker, the wing chair and the cordless vacuum purchased using the unauthorized credit cards; tablets of Ritalin and Xanax and items commonly used to smoke methamphetamine. Emily Jane Schlichter, 30, is charged with identity theft, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine, and fifth-degree drug possession and receiving stolen property, each of which has a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. (Source patch.com)

4 in Minneapolis plead guilty to creating fake documents and counterfeit checks used at retail stores to make expensive purchases and then returned for cash. In their plea agreements, the four individuals admitted to being part of a large-scale identity theft ring responsible for the theft of approximately $2 million from financial institutions in no fewer than 14 states. (Source cbslocal.com)