More than 80 people have been charged in a mail scheme in which checks were stolen from the mail, totaling nearly $5 million in losses, authorities said.
More than 80 people have beenin which the suspects deposited checks stolen through the U.S. Postal Service into various bank accounts, totaling nearly $5 million in losses in a widespread mail theft operation, authorities said Friday.
"The suspects would swiftly withdraw the money before the financial institutions discovered the checks were forged," he said during a news briefing to announce the charges."This investigation identified hundreds of victims across California." The ringleaders behind the operation recruited people on social media to open bank accounts or use their own accounts to, authorities said. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said two street gangs were involved in the scheme.
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