ID Theft Script Final
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An identity theft ring was busted in Brown Deer, Wisconsin after being caught on surveillance video at a Kohl's store. The ring, based out of Detroit, had stolen over $20,000 worth of merchandise through a sophisticated scheme of obtaining credit reports, guessing security questions, and applying for credit cards. Their activities were observed by the Kohl's loss prevention supervisor, who notified police. A multi-agency investigation uncovered that the ring had been operating for 25 years and had stolen over $300,000 through credit, leasing vehicles, and fencing stolen goods. Ringleader Verita Hines-Flagg was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
ID Theft Script Final
- 1. Print Story B2 . C6 SWEEPS ID CONTACT 6 HOLD WITI 2OT4 THEFT PKG TAKE PKG OUTCUE:"...Gontact 6." DURATION:3:45 G : L30 : 00/0 : 06//CONTACT 6/"GO|NG TO WORK''/IDENTITY THIEVES BUSTED IN BROWN DEER V:C6 lD Theft pkg G : L31 =021 1: 1 O//CONTACT 6/Karine Moreno- Taxman/ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY G :L32=27 I 2:30 I I CO N TA CT 6/Mark Rooney/BROWN DEER POLICE G: L33: 151321 g//CONTACT 6/Lau ren Doberstein/FORMER KOHL'S EMPLOYEE G : L33 : 27 I 3:37 l/CO NTACT 6/Katrina Gravy/FOXGNOW.COM {***sToP PKG***} {***O.C.. rr ...Gontact 6," 3:45 'r**} Page 1 of8 B2 htþ://10.1I4.16.50lexternal/print_stories.php?sid:1712154&uid:1029&np:view&t=141..' 1012612014 OCTOBER 4TH, 2012. THIS SURVEILLANCE CRIME IN PROGRESS IN BROWN DEER. VIDEO OF A AT KOHL'S
- 2. Print Story B2 - C6 SWEEPS ID CONTACT 6 HOLD WITI 2OL4 THEFT PKG Glip Jeff 2913_01 7:55-7:59 Mark Rooney/ Brown Deer Police Officer TWO PEOPLE SPENDING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY AT STORES ACROSS THE MILWAUKEE AREA. ("They are going to stores in Brookfield, Foxpoint, Brown Deer, Gity of Milwaukee.") AN IDENTITY THEFT RING THAT STOLE 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF MERCHANDISE ON THE¡R 2 DAY TRIP TO WISCONSIN. BUT ON THIS DAY, LAUREN DOBERSTEIN (DOE'BER-STINE) WAS WATCHING. SHE WAS THE LOSS PREVENTION SUPERVISOR. Page 2 of 8 B2 Glip Jeff 2964 57:4'l- 57:48 Lauren Doberstein- Former Loss Prevention Supervisor/Kohl's http:lll0,ll4.l6.50lexternal/print_stories.php?sid:1712154&uid:1029&op:view&t:141'.. 1012612014 ( "The subjects entered the jewelry department and immediately walked up to the counter to open a charge card.") THE GROUP WAS SO GOOD AT STEALING IDENTIT¡ES IT TOOK 6 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
- 3. Print Story B2 . C6 SWEEPS ID CONTACT 6 HOLD WITI 2OL4 THEFT PKG Glip Josh0005_01 Karine-Moreno Taxman/Asst US Attorney 10:,24-'10:29 TO INVESTIGATE. ("For ffiê, they were the most sophisticated ring of identity theft. At the beginning we didn't even know what ¡t was.") BUT THEY DO KNOW THIS DETROIT CREW TREATED THESE SHOPPING TRIPS LIKE A JOB AND REFERRED TO THEM AS ..GOING TO WORK." AND THEY WENT TO WORK ON PEOPLE WITH GOOD CREDIT, SEARCHING ONLINE AND GETTING CREDIT REPORTS. cLtP JOSH0001 01 TAXMAN 5:15-5:29 TAXMAN Page 3 of 8 B2 ("That would be, first of all, free. No cost to her because You are allowed to have one credit check a year for each credit history, so that was free and we are still not sure how she got in to get that free credit historry, but she would pose somehow as that Person.") AND THOSE SECURITY QUESTIONS AND PASSWORDS WE SET UP TO KEEP OUR INFORMATION SAFE? NOT GOOD http:lll0.Il4.l6.50lexternal/print_stories.php?sid:1712154&uid:1 029&'op:view&r=141". 1012612014
- 4. Print Story B2 . C6 SWEEPS ID CONTACT 6 HOLD WITI 2OL4 B2 THEFT PKG ENOUGH TO KEEP VERITA HINES. FLAGG OUT. SHE GUESSED ANSWERS. IF SHE WAS STUMPED, SHE JUST CREATED A NEW IDENTITY USING HER VICTIMS CREDIT HISTORY. AND THAT IS WHAT SHE WAS DOING IN THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO- APPLYING FOR A THOUSAND DOLLAR LIMIT ON A KOHL'S CARD. cLrP JOSH 0001_01 6:08-6:20 KARINA MORENO. TAXMAN/ASST US ATTORNEY Page 4 of 8 cLtP JOSH0001 01 DOBERSTEIN 8:59:57- 09:00:10 ("Written very small the person's name, social security, date of b¡rth, address, all of that information and she would use that to f¡ll out the form and almost always qualify for instant credit.") AND THEN SOMETH¡NG ELSE TIPPED OFF DOBERSTEIN. http:llI0.1l4.l6.50lexternal/print_stories.php?sid:1712154&uid:1029&,op:view&r=141.,. 1012612014 ( "What I was able to notice is they began selecting a large amount of merchandise in a relatively short period of time. The merchandise they were selecting was fairly random in my opinion.
- 5. Print Story B2 . C6 SWEEPS ID CONTACT 6 HOLD WITI 2OL4 82 THEFT PKG cLtP JOSH0001 01 DOBERSTEIN 09:04:16 A lot was selected without too much concern to price, size, anything like that.") AND DOBERSTEIN KEPT WATCHING AS THE CREW LEFT THE STORE. 09:04:10- ("The thing that stood out to me there was their license plate didn't match the state theY were currently in the lD theY had used.") TURNS OUT THE SUV ..ALSO STOLEN. THE CRIME RING LEASED LUXURY VEHICLES USING OTHER PEOPLES CREDIT. TOTAL VALUE? 3OO THOUSAND DOLLARS. Page 5 of 8 CLIP JEFF 2913-01 55:21-55:25 MARK ROONEY/BROWN DEER POLICE OFFICER cLrP JOSH0005 01 http:l110Jl4.16.50/external/print_stories.php?sid:1712154&uid:1029&op:view&r-l4l '.' 1012612014 ("The vehicles were Ieased using a post office box in illinois.") HINES.FLAGG WOULD KEEP THE CARS FOR MONTHS...WHILE LATE PAYMENTS PILED UP IN SOMEONE ELSE'S NAME.
- 6. Print Story B2 - C6 SWEEPS ID CONTACT 6 HOLD WITI 2OL4 THEFT PKG 9:12-9:15 KARINE MORENO TAXMAN /ASSISTANT US ATTORNEY ("You could spend a lifetime trying to unravel what this group did.") THE STOLEN GOODS USUALLY ENDS UP BACK IN DETROIT... UP FOR SALE. THEY EVEN HAD A SHOPPING LIST SHOWING POPULAR ITEMS. A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THEIR WISCONS¡N TRIP . THE FEDS RAIDED THE DETROIT FENCING SPOT. CLIP JEFF2964 DOBERSTEIN 09:04:27 -04:41 Page 6 of 8 B2 THAT DIDN'T STOP THIS http:lll0.I14.16.50lexternal/print_stories,php?sid:1712154&uid:1 029&op:view&t=I4l "' 1012612014
- 7. Print Story B2. C6 SWEEPS THEFT PK editor note: *COVER BITE WITH HATCH THAT WON'T CLOSE ID CONTACT 6 HOLD WITI 2OL4 ( "They opened the back hatch of their SUV to put the merchandise in and literally, like, I don't know how to say ¡t any other wâY, but they were literally shoving ¡t in to any open, like, crevice.") AT THIS POINT DOBERSTEIN CALLS POLICE AND THAT PHONE CALL IS THE BEGINING OF THE END TO THIS 25 YEAR SCHEME. CLIP JEFF 2964 07 =01-07:06 Doberstein Page 7 of 8 B2 ( "lt was pretty great, uhm, and is even better now that I know how ¡t concluded.") VERITA HINES.FLAGG WAS RECENTLY SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. KAT STANDUP lútp:lll0,ll4.l6.50lexternal/print_stories.php?sid:1712154&uid:1029&,op:view&r=141.'. 1012612014 HER NEPHEW HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON. HOW CAN YOU SOMEONE HAS INFORMATION? TELL IF STOLEN YOUR
- 8. Print Story B2 . C6 SWEEPS ID CONTACT 6 HOLD WITI 2OL4 THEFT PKG HERE'S SOME TIPS. LOOK FOR UNEXPLAINED WITHDRAWALS FROM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. BE WARY OF CALLS FROM DEBT COLLECTORS ABOUT BILLS THAT AREN'T YOURS Page 8 of 8 B2 CHECK YOUR CREDIT REPORT FOR UNFAMILIAR CHARGES. AND PAY ATTENTION TO NOTICES OF DATA BREACHES WHERE YOU SHOP. I'M KATRINA CRAVY CONTACT 6. http:lll0.lI4.I6.50lexternal/print_stories.php?sid:1712154&uid:1029&'op:view&r:I4l ". 1012612014