Kids steal their parents' identities and $1 million in hometown scam

[Generic Other]

Some of the kids were from my husband's school. Wow! What ever happened to stealing hubcaps?

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TACOMA, Wash. -- A 22-year-old Puyallup man and his girlfriend have been accused of running a $1 million identity theft ring, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

KIRO-TV said that the couple used South Sound teens to steal as much as $1 million from more than 100 bank and credit union customers.

Some of the teens sold their parents’ checking account numbers to the ring. Those parents lost as much as $20,000.

The News Tribune of Tacoma said investigators believe the ring has been operating since 2002, and is among the most sophisticated they have seen, said deputy prosecuting attorney Lisa Wagner.

"They were generating false checks and ID cards," Wagner said Wednesday. "They had to have knowledge of the banking system and how to create checks,” reported the News Tribune.

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http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/5484511p-4946302c.html

[Botany]

1. those kids do the darndest things.

[Radio_Lady]

2. Art Linkletter would be rolling over in his grave... but HE'S ALIVE!

[Botany]

3. Serious answer

He is? Wow Go Art.

Never my cup of tea but a really decent soul.

[Generic Other]

4. Those kids probably stole his identity too

Whoever is behind this sort of thing has some devious thnking skills possibly not measureable by NCLB standards.

[Karenina]

5. Taught well by their parents.

"The rules don't apply to US!"

[Generic Other]

6. Sadly every parent in town will be wondering about their teen

Kids from every high school were involved.

My parents would have killed me. I can't even imagine pulling such a stunt.