Authorities announced the arrests of dozens of people who were allegedly involved in a massive mail theft scheme that officials say stole more than $5 million from hundreds of victims, and many of those arrests were made in SoCal.
According to the California Attorney General's Office, a large bank fraud scheme, which began in 2018 and continued for several years, involved suspects allegedly depositing altered checks stolen from the U.S. Mail into various bank accounts.
"The suspects would swiftly withdraw the money before the financial institution discovered the checks were forged," said Carroll Harris with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in Los Angeles."Hundreds of families whose hard-earned money was brazenly stolen by criminals," said Bonta. "We're talking about birthday checks from grandma, paychecks."
"Arrest warrants were executed at approximately 75 locations within Los Angeles and surrounding counties," said Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
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