Posted on 08/30/2007 4:42:29 AM PDT by radar101
The Kansas City branch of the FBI is warning businesses in light of the Dillons attempted robbery Tuesday.
The FBI says it is similar to threatening phone calls received by banks in Missouri and Rhode Island. In Newport, Rhode Island, a man called a Wal-Mart location at 7am. He gave a bomb threat and demanded that the bank there wire money to an account. The bank sent $10,000. Police were able to trace the account, and say the phone call came from out of state.
No one was injured, no money was paid and police found no bomb.
KAKE News has learned that the following cities had bomb threats at grocery stores and Wal-Marts recently:
Phoenix, AZ Detroit, MI Orem, UT (Suburb of Salt Lake City) Philadelphia, PA Newport, RI Savannah, MO Millinocket, ME Salem, VA Unnamed Cities in New York and California The FBI says the Hutchinson calls are likely linked to the other cases.
The FBI says that during the calls, the caller has demanded multiple overseas wire transfers to him or else has threatened to detonate a bomb that has been placed in the bank.
Police say the Hutchinson caller appeared to have visual access to the store. Police are trying to find whether the caller was out of state and may have hacked into the store's security system.
The Dillons in Hutch is also home to a bank location.
Agents say there has been no indication that the threat is real and under no circumstances should a bank or other business transfer funds to the caller
Ping.
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