From www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0510dollarstoreraid-ON.html
25 arrested in dollar-store ID theft ring
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A three-month investigation of the Governor’s Fraudulent ID Task Force, “Operation Dollar Store” targeted 14 dollar-stores across the Valley suspected of selling cell phones activated with false identities to people who claimed they had no legal identification.
Authorities believe some of the phones,… were used to facilitate organized crime operations. Similar phones are widely used by … fake id manufacturers,…
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It could be months before authorities determine which identities belonged to actual people.
“It’s impossible to tell, and that’s the frightening part,” Morrison said. “Some of these were real victims in the sense of identity theft and some were fraudulent names. It’s going to take a while to see who are the real victims.”
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OK I can see that selling cell phones activated with a fake ID is a big problem, untraceable phones are important to those involved in crime. But what I don’t get is the comment-
Authorities believe some of the phones,… were used to facilitate organized crime operations. Similar phones are widely used by … fake id manufacturers…
Since when are cell phones important to fake id manufacturers? Most of them operate perfectly legally on the internet selling Fake IDs.
Why would a legitimate business need untraceable cell phones, am I missing something here?
Seems like the Governor’s Fraudulent ID Task Force is trying to give those who make fake IDs a bad name.
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