Dozens Arrested In Massive SoCal Mail Theft Scheme Involving Nearly $5 Million In Losses
Starting in 2018, perpetrators "purportedly stored adjusted checks taken from the U.S. mail into various financial balances," Carroll Harris, the controller responsible for the Los Angeles Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service said during a news meeting declaring the captures. "The suspects would quickly pull out the cash before the monetary establishments found the checks were fashioned," he said. "The masterminds behind this plan would enroll people via online entertainment to open ledgers or use their financial records to store the fake checks and conceal their ID." State Head legal officer Burglarize Bonta said 769 individuals were misled in…