Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles’
IN THE HEADLINES: Street Gangs Use Identity Theft to Build Criminal Empires
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 4, 2011
In a chilling example of how street gangs are becoming more organized and better funded by focusing on identity theft and other frauds, the FBI recently announced a massive sweep of nearly 100 alleged members of the Armenian Power gang. Armenian Power, or AP, has grown over the last decade from a violent street gang [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Identity Thief Scams Billionaire Out of $1.4 Billion
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 13, 2010
Los Angeles real estate billionaire Donald Bren’s name may not be familiar to many people reading this blog. Which means you probably wouldn’t recognize his face if he walked up and introduced himself. Which is probably also why a complete stranger was able to walk into a bank, open an account in the billionaire’s name, [...]
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