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A Social Networking Site For Criminals Lands Two Teens In Jail « The Blade by... - 0 views

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    Most of us are familiar with Facebook, but has anyone heard of 'Crimebook'? The novel social networking site was set up by two British teens to entertain the criminal element of society. These teens were raking in the money to the tune of some $26M with some 8,000 crooks using the social site to exchange stolen credit card information. The teens also shared the bank accounts of some 65,000 customers who had their accounts hacked by the thieves.
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Man allegedly steals $100k coin collection then spends for face value on pizza and a mo... - 2 views

  • Garren denied the accusation back in May, telling police they, "didn't have any evidence against him," according to a report filed in Cowlitz County Superior Court.
  • But then Garren and Massman allegedly began using the coins at local establishments, spending them at face value, including a quarter that is estimated to be worth thousands of dollars. The Daily News reports the collection includes a variety of rare coins included Liberty Head quarters, Morgan dollars and several others dating back to the early 1800's, After police conducted their investigation, they now say the couple spend several 1930's coins at a Battle Ground area movie theater, using quarters worth between $5 and $68 each. Later on the same day, they then spend more of the coin collection at a local pizza restaurant, including a Liberty quarter with an estimated value between $1,100 and $18,500.
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      I like the "but then" ... like he thought.. better ditch the evidence... no on will notice some of these coins are TWO centuries old"
John Lemke

Ice cream seller accused of dealing drugs - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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    Louis Scala sold ice cream to children from his "Lickity Split" truck and would allegedly make stops at prearranged spots where customers knew they could buy pills, according to the New York Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor. Scala, 40, is accused of selling more than 40,000 prescription oxycodone pills from his ice cream truck in the borough of Staten Island and heading up a 30-person drug ring that included more than two dozen runners to fill fake prescriptions, prosecutors said.
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