Posted on 08/12/2014 7:12:39 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Eighteen people were arrested Tuesday for their connection to a worldwide crime ring involving stolen cell phones and identities, which was centered in the Twin Cities.
Many cell phones were bought with stolen identities from Minnesotans and sold for profits of up to 1,000 percent in places like China, according to federal investigators.
Twenty people were involved in the sale of potentially tens of thousands of stolen phones, which could be worth tens of millions of dollars, according to officials. Some of the suspects appear to have a criminal history involving; theft, assault and using a fake name.
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Don’t tell me...Mogadishu on the Mississippi.
Why do they need to steal them when ObamaPhones are free for the asking? I’m sure they are already on welfare and qualify.
Selling stolen phones in CHINA? Don’t the Chinese make those damn things over there?
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