Credit Union Arrests
Police have arrested eight people in a two-month-long investigation of at least $150,000 in credit card fraud against members of two police credit unions, officials announced late Tuesday.
The fraud ring, which involved seven employees of Chicago-area retail stores, hit 140 accounts at Illinois State Police Credit Union and the Chicago Patrolmen's Credit Union, according to Illinois State Police. The ring operated out of Crestwood, although most of those arrested were from Chicago, according to a police press release.
The investigation involved state police, the U.S. Secret Service, the Illinois attorney general's office and the Chicago Police Department, according to police. Police did not identify the retail stores involved, but corporate security for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., also assisted in the investigation, according to the release.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
24 Comments:
Eric Muse is the son of retired judge, Elliot Muse.
In the end these pieces of shit will receive probation and restitution, which will never be paid!
As nutty as it sounds, the financial crimes unit and property crimes detectives are more overwhelmed with work than violent crimes. Problem is not many detectives want to take those jobs on because they are time consuming and difficult with great detail. And our fine department will not allow detectives the time needed to work those cases---you know just move the X.
But you're right, these are the cases that deserve our attention. They have real victims, number one, and the financial snowball effect it has impacts all of us hard working US citizens.
is Kuykendoll related to the IPRA investigator?
7 OF THE OFFENDERS WHERE FROM WALMART AND 2 WHERE FROM THE CPFCU FROM WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD. ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE OUT HAVING TROUBLE GETTING PAID THE MONIES OWED? PLEASE LET US KNOW I THINK WE MAY HAVE A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT.
I was part of the arrest team who rounded up these mutts. They are the DUMBEST gang of idiots I've ever seen. Of course, this investigation didn't net the main targets, but hopefully that will come.
From what I heard, the wagon from 011 who showed up to transport from Homan Square....6 females, 2 males...was a victim himself. Hopefully the ride was bumpy and long.
And it's true, F/C is overwhelmed, mortgage fraud is the crime of the day for the gangs, rev's and assorted others. Why rob a White Hen for $500 bucks when you can make off with 100K or more at a crack. It's getting insane.
And for those of you who think we work 5 hour days with 2 hour lunches, think again. We work a full 8, and bring lunch. It's busy, busy, so we relate with the guys/girls in the trenches.
We do our best. So please, no disparaging comments.
Happy New Year to all.
Who is Eric Muse?
I was on the sweep, and don't recall that name, unless he was the last guy picked up after he showed up to work at Wal-Mart. Please, more details, as this deserves to be addressed.
The bigger question is how they got our credit card numbers in the first place.
Did one of these girls work at our or the ISP Credit Union?
Not enough detectives with a financial background. Why is it so hard to offer an exam for officers interested in white collar crime strictly to be assigned to the financial/property crimes unit?
Some big boss in the Credit U. was arrested a few years back for stealing $$ , Nolen was given a spot there but I dont know what his status is today. SO if you think its COOL to have a STAR on your check and SQUAD on your debit card think again. Most people who process this are low pay, governt. subsid. employees at walmart, Costco etc... How do they feel when they discover you are the Police?? If you think they are afraid then mentally your living in the 1950's when society feared the Police. These employees will steal and sell you identity and loose your check when you send it to the PEOPLES GAS. The credit union is only good for 1 think, a personal loan but now there security has been compromised from "inside". Sorry, my limited use for them is now totally gone. I wish it wasn't so........
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As nutty as it sounds, the financial crimes unit and property crimes detectives are more overwhelmed with work than violent crimes. Problem is not many detectives want to take those jobs on because they are time consuming and difficult with great detail. And our fine department will not allow detectives the time needed to work those cases---you know just move the X.
But you're right, these are the cases that deserve our attention. They have real victims, number one, and the financial snowball effect it has impacts all of us hard working US citizens.
1/01/2009 05:33:00 AM
maybe if the dicks swiped they could work at least a 4 hour day wtf! Cleranace rate down, hey j-fed don't order any unmarked cars all officers in uniform, you know the dics work all the "special" in uniform why not better police presence!
The day before Christmas, I was doing some last minute shopping with my daughter in the Crestwood Walmart. One of the cashiers was a f/2/ about 35 redhead. This same f/2 was also a Credit Union Teller at the Washington St. Branch. There was a name of one the arrestees, Kuykendoll, could this be her? Anyone else have any info?
As nutty as it sounds, the financial crimes unit and property crimes detectives are more overwhelmed with work than violent crimes. Problem is not many detectives want to take those jobs on because they are time consuming and difficult with great detail. And our fine department will not allow detectives the time needed to work those cases---you know just move the X.
But you're right, these are the cases that deserve our attention. They have real victims, number one, and the financial snowball effect it has impacts all of us hard working US citizens.
1/01/2009 05:33:00 AM
.....absolutely agree. Lack of man-power and time. But also the ASA don't want to be bogged down with these types of cases no matter how tight it is. Their staff also lacks in the knowledge on prosecuting these cases and there are some judges who have no f@ckin clue. It's all about violent crimes.
Also, investigating these cases with the big boys...large banks and credit card companies...you run into road blocks...they don't want to prosecute because their losses are low, they don't have enough manpower in their investigaions unit, etc. ...even tho the offender is hitting a number of entities into the hundreds of thousands. All they do is raise fees to make up the losses...who pays for these fees? Feds don't want cases that don't reach the 1 mil mark and again, there isn't enough man-power with the CPD to handle these cases. Also a lot of dics just don't know how to handle the cases (lack of continuing education)and/or the bosses don't let them run with them. Then there is always the number of personnel who just don't do anything and it's the 10% of personnel who do it all spiraling into burnout. Let's not forget the supervisors who just overload the "workers" and don't do anything with the lazy do-nothings. Shame on them. It's a lose-lose situation with everyone (except the offender)...CPD - a ton of "suspended" cases and the victim who gets nothing but headaches and no justice.
Now, if the same jamoke does the same crime in Du Page or Lake Co., they would be prosecuted to the fullest and actually see time in the IDOC....go figure.
does anybody know if a single Chicago Patrolmens Federal Credit Union employee was arrested or involved?
Thank god the financial crimes unit did something to help the police. They normally don't do shit for coppers. The media attention drew the attention of the bosses and guess what? they did something.
Thank you for catching these scumbags
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Anonymous said...
As nutty as it sounds, the financial crimes unit and property crimes detectives are more overwhelmed with work than violent crimes. Problem is not many detectives want to take those jobs on because they are time consuming and difficult with great detail. And our fine department will not allow detectives the time needed to work those cases---you know just move the X.
But you're right, these are the cases that deserve our attention. They have real victims, number one, and the financial snowball effect it has impacts all of us hard working US citizens.
1/01/2009 05:33:00 AM
maybe if the dicks swiped they could work at least a 4 hour day wtf! Cleranace rate down, hey j-fed don't order any unmarked cars all officers in uniform, you know the dics work all the "special" in uniform why not better police presence!
1/01/2009 12:25:00 PM
Quit your whining, get some time on the job so you can work special and pass a promotional test. Other then that blah! blah! blah!
Thank you for catching these scumbags! I never want to go through this again!
7 OF THE OFFENDERS WHERE FROM WALMART AND 2 WHERE FROM THE CPFCU FROM WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD. ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE OUT HAVING TROUBLE GETTING PAID THE MONIES OWED? PLEASE LET US KNOW I THINK WE MAY HAVE A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT.
1/01/2009 08:16:00 AM
You most certainly do.
It is called gross negligence in hiring. Walmart and the Credit Union hired people with criminal backgrounds, questionable credit histories, family members with prior theft/financial crime arrests, etc...all of which was information that was readily available. It was information that these companies knew about, but with reckless disregard to their customers they hired these people in spite of it.
These companies were also grossly negligent in their failure to provide security to prevent their employees from stealing from their customers.
The credit union has a duty to its customers. Walmart has a duty to customers from whose credit/debit accounts they remove money.
The companies' failures in hiring and security was the direct cause of financial losses, lost credit ratings, inability to access credit at value, future losses for credit damage, losses for providing the security the companies failed to provide, etc...
Even without mentioning possible emotional distress claims, all members of the credit union affected by this theft have claims against Walmart, the Credit Union, and any other company whose employees participated in this theft.
The gross negligence/reckless disregard allows a plaintiff to recover punitive damages.
Now go get them!
"Not enough detectives with a financial background. Why is it so hard to offer an exam for officers interested in white collar crime strictly to be assigned to the financial/property crimes unit?
1/01/2009 10:19:00 AM"
Because the last 3 classes were filled with chosen ones who are specialists & it's beneath them to do Financial Crimes,Domestics or Juvy related Police work. They couldn't possibly have their talents wasted on such tedium. The incompetence just continues, and we become a bigger laughing stock as a Department than ever before...
7 OF THE OFFENDERS WHERE FROM WALMART AND 2 WHERE FROM THE CPFCU FROM WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD. ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE OUT HAVING TROUBLE GETTING PAID THE MONIES OWED? PLEASE LET US KNOW I THINK WE MAY HAVE A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT.
1/01/2009 08:16:00 AM
You most certainly do.
It is called gross negligence in hiring. Walmart and the Credit Union hired people with criminal backgrounds, questionable credit histories, family members with prior theft/financial crime arrests, etc...all of which was information that was readily available. It was information that these companies knew about, but with reckless disregard to their customers they hired these people in spite of it.
These companies were also grossly negligent in their failure to provide security to prevent their employees from stealing from their customers.
The credit union has a duty to its customers. Walmart has a duty to customers from whose credit/debit accounts they remove money.
The companies' failures in hiring and security was the direct cause of financial losses, lost credit ratings, inability to access credit at value, future losses for credit damage, losses for providing the security the companies failed to provide, etc...
Even without mentioning possible emotional distress claims, all members of the credit union affected by this theft have claims against Walmart, the Credit Union, and any other company whose employees participated in this theft.
The gross negligence/reckless disregard allows a plaintiff to recover punitive damages.
Now go get them!
1/01/2009 10:43:00 PM
CAN YOU GIVE ME THE NAME OF A LAW FIRM THAT WOULD HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THESE PEOPLE STOLE MONEY FROM ME TWO WEEKS BEFORE X-MAS MAKING IT THAT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO PURCHASE GIFTS. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFING WALMART AT THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE IN AN EFFORT TO FIND SOME RESLOVE AS WELL. I FEEL THE MEDIA SHOULF BE INVOLVED AT THIS TIME. JUST BECAUSE WE ARE POLICE OFFICERS WE ARE NOT SECOND CLASS CITIZEN, WE SHOULD STAND TOGETHER AND DEMAND ACTION BE TAKEN.
The credit union wasn't the only one hiring felons. Check out the civilian who resigned not fired but was allowed to resign because her family member was the civilian boss. She had access to all of our information working in finance. Yet she had a felony conviction for stealing from the bank where she had worked. NO BACKGROUND CHECK FOR FAMILY.
Thanks for your hard work detectives
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Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
As nutty as it sounds, the financial crimes unit and property crimes detectives are more overwhelmed with work than violent crimes. Problem is not many detectives want to take those jobs on because they are time consuming and difficult with great detail. And our fine department will not allow detectives the time needed to work those cases---you know just move the X.
But you're right, these are the cases that deserve our attention. They have real victims, number one, and the financial snowball effect it has impacts all of us hard working US citizens.
1/01/2009 05:33:00 AM
maybe if the dicks swiped they could work at least a 4 hour day wtf! Cleranace rate down, hey j-fed don't order any unmarked cars all officers in uniform, you know the dics work all the "special" in uniform why not better police presence!
1/01/2009 12:25:00 PM
Quit your whining, get some time on the job so you can work special and pass a promotional test. Other then that blah! blah! blah!
1/01/2009 08:49:00 PM
Thanks another dick that knows the time is over for 4 hour days, and all the overtime! Soon you guys will not worry about special it will all be D-1 only so sorry jagoff maybe you could clear some cases how about it?
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