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[Examiner RSS] Caviness-Williams was arrested last week after a five-month investigation of the operation, the Oakland Tribune reports. She has been charged with 20 counts of identity theft and check fraud-related counts and is being held in lieu of $400,000 bail.
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[Oakland North] Oakland police arrest suspect in giant identity theft ...: The investigation that led to the discovery started in late January when an Oakland city employee noticed that checks were being fraudulently cashed on her account. Video surveillance in various stores helped to identify Caviness-Williams who police say had cashed 7 checks with the total value of almost $1,000 in Bay Area shops since the end of January. According to Goodfellow, Caviness-Williams told the police that she was permanently disabled and currently unemployed. She was convicted of welfare fraud in 2000, according to legal records released by the OPD.
[Identity Theft Manifesto] Oakland Police Uncover One-Stop ID Theft Shop - Identity Theft ...: “This is the biggest [ identity theft operation] in OPD history,” Oakland police spokeswoman Holly Joshi said at a press conference Monday. Police have arrested one suspect in connection with the case.
[CBS San Francisco] Hayward Woman Charged In Massive ID Theft Operation « CBS San ...: Oakland police Officer Ryan Goodfellow said officers who served a search warrant at Williams home in Hayward found an elaborate operation that included machines that make false identity cards, credit cards and social security cards. They also found numerous blank checks, he said.
[Fugitive Watch / Wanted Fugitives From Justice] Mishel Caviness-Williams has been charged with 22 felony counts in ...: Oakland police spokeswoman Holly Joshi said the identity theft ring is “the biggest in Oakland Police Department history” and involved “a one-stop shop for everything.” There is only one victim listed in the case so far, but Police Chief Keith Batts said he expects the continuing investigation into the case will unveil “a lot more victims,”
[Identity Theft Manifesto] Oakland police shut down Bay Area-wide identity theft operation ...: Calling it the biggest they have seen, Oakland police said Monday that an identify theft operation that manufactured phony checks, IDs and credit cards has been shut down. Officials said there are potentially thousands of …
[www.BuyLaptopsNow.com] Oakland police bust large identity theft operation | www ...: Oakland police have busted a large identity theft operation that may have victimized thousands of people across the San Francisco Bay area. Police say the operation was run by 40-year-old Mishel Caviness-Williams, who worked out of a Hayward apartment manufacturing phony checks, IDs and credit cards.
[San Diego Feeds!] Oakland police bust large identity theft operation | San Diego Feeds!: Associated Press - May 16, 2011 6:54 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Oakland police have busted a large identity theft operation that may have victimized thousands of people across the San...
[Finances] Oakland police bust large identity theft ... - Finance Solutions Blog: Associated Press - May 16, 2011 6:54 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Oakland police have busted a large identity theft operation that may have victimized thousands of people across the .
[Plastic Avenue] Oakland police arrest suspect in giant identity theft ...: Numerous printers able to produce California IDs, credit cards, Social Security cards and checks were secured in Hayward by the OPD. Photo courtesy OPD.
[Identity Theft Manifesto] Shaletta - Identity Theft Manifesto: Shaletta Porterfield was crowned Miss Wisconsin USA last year and would've competed in the nationwide Miss USA pageant in Las Vegas next month, but resigned Friday after being charged with several counts of identity theft .…
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