a gang of people that were addicted to
methamphetamine
that's who started up an illegal check
washing scam to bankroll their habit you
get a chemical you put it in a little
wash bin you can put a check in there
and the handwritten ink will come off
and you can therefore use that check and
put whatever you want in there the 10
con men were making checks out to fake
names and producing phony IDs these
people were able to get ahold of blank
temporary driver's license copies and so
then they were able to put whatever
information they needed it on there and
they're very good at there were hundreds
of victims it's a fairly simple crime
for the suspect to do and it's a very
hard crime for the victims to wash what
they did to them away the losses were
not only financial many were personal
there were checks that were going you
know to two nephews and and two
grandchildren for birthdays and you know
they find out later that they're their
grandchild didn't get their check and
you know what's that kid thinking on
their birthday