A nationwide identity theft scam has some Saline, Mich. residents seeing red – and their checking accounts in the red.
The victims, all residents of a Saline condo community, Rolling Meadows Townhomes, were targeted as part of an international identity theft ring. Most of the residents have lost thousands of dollars.
Thieves used the Internet to send and trade personal banking information from the residents, creating fraudulent checks using the victims’ names and account numbers on seemingly legitimate checks drawn on national banks.
No one is sure at this point how the thieves obtained the victims’ information, but police suspect that a person in Detroit may have copied and sold the information to the thieves.
Police also believe this type of scam will be repeated in other parts of the country.
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