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This is a newspaper article on The Grim Reaper and The NotSoHumble Babe's
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bust. As you will see, the cops aren't too free with all the details,
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but you will notice those T-files going around are quite acurate about the
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value of the equipment that was carded.
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I find it funny that they called the UnHumble Bitch a man, notice in the
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article below it doesn't mention any females, but the "man's apartment" they
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went to was hers.
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This article is also another good example of how uneducated the Feds and
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Media are as to what the modem scene is all about. They have a bad habbit
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of making uneducated assumptions. The modem community has before been
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labeled as a ring of criminals to undermine the government. Jesus, they
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watch too much television.
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I am still in the process of getting more details about this
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operation, and the on-going investigation of the whole scene. In the
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article, they might have said they only had 36 hours to bring the bust
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into effect, but they left out quite a bit. Mike and Amy had been watched
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for a lot longer time then that. Anyway, refer to the original farewell
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article I wrote, for details, I don't want to make this another 20k file.
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Take it easy...
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... Sought After [ACiD]
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Dateline:Livonia Observer, Monday, February 3, 1992 , Volume 52 Number 1
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AUTHORITIES CRACK NATIONAL COMPUTER FRAUD RING
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In a continuous 36-hour investigation, Farmington Hills Police, U.S.
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Secret Service and Michigan State Police cracked what is believed to be a
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nationwide computer fraud ring operating from Farmington Hills and involving
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men from Livonia, Canton, Plymouth.
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Farmington Hills police briefly detained the five men, who they say agreed
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Thursday to cooperate with the investigation.
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Oakland County and federal prosecutors are reviewing the case to determine
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what charges will be filed against the five men - two from Livonia, one form
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Farmington Hills, one from Plymouth and one from Canton, said Farmington Hills
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Det. Sgt. Charles Nebus.
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The five men were not identified pending arrest and arraignment.
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"They are computer hackers," said Farmington Hills Det. Patrick Monti. "They
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have a high level of expertise in computers."
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Members of the alleged fraud ring apparently gained access to computers of
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credit reporting companies and used information, such as credit card numbers,
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credit limit, card balance, and card holder names, to order computer
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equipment, Monti said.
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Purchases of computer equipment were billed to people who had no idea their
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credit card numbers and information were being used to place the orders, Monti
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said.
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The 36-hour investigation began early Wednesday, Jan. 29, with a telephone
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call to Farmington Hills police from a computer company with offices in Hawaii
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and Texas.
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Company officials told police they believed they had a fraudulent order that
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led to Farmington Hills.
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Police got in touch with Federal Express in Novi where packages where expected
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to arrive. Dectectives Monti, Tim Swanson and David Loe conducted
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surveillance of the area. They saw three men in three cars arrive to pick up
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packages from the computer company, Monti said.
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Detectives followed the men to a Farmington Hills apartment where a fourth man
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was waiting. "At that time we confronted the occupants of the apartment. And
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they agreed to cooperate with us." Monti said.
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Police surveillance continued to Meijer Thrifty Acres at Eight Mile and
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Haggerty roads, Northville Township, where the Canton man - considered to be
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the brains behind the operation - retrieved the packages, Nebus said.
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"It was a ring of people with the man in Canton as the main actor. He placed
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the orders and others delivered the packages to him."
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Police recovered packages, valued at about $20,000, ordered by the ring.
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Forfeiture proceedings are expected to intitiated on equipment owned by one of
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the men in the ring. The other packages of computers will be returned to the
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companies from which they were ordered, Monti said.
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"We determined all the packages we picked up were fraudulent," Monti added.
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"When they would go to Federal Express they would sign the name of the person
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(whose credit card numbers they used) for the packages.
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Farmington Hills police, Secret Service officers and the Michigan State
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Police searched the Canton man's house Thursday.
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"The Canton man placed the orders and advised a Farmington Hills man to go to
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Federal Express in Novi and pick up the packages," Monti said. "It is our
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belief they were selling the computers."
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The ring would make use of what is called a "bulletin board," which is
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computer information available throughout the country. While using the
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bulletin board is not illegal, the information ring members used is, Monti
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said.
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"The detectives did an outstanding job," Nebus said. "From the time the
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information came in, these guys really had to scramble. I credit them with
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doing an excellent job on surveillance."
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Nebus also credited Federal Express. "We really depend on them a lot. They're
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good folks to work with."
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END
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