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  • How Richfield Police helped crack a multimillion-dollar Twin Cities bank fraud

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📰 News we're reading

• Several Chicagoans indicted in $5.1 million Twin Cities bank fraud sch (alphanews.org) — Richfield residents should know their local police department helped investigate a large Twin Cities bank fraud scheme that targeted business checks and stole more than $1.5 million. Federal prosecutors say several Chicago-based suspects used stolen mail, fake LLCs, and fraudulent IDs to open accounts and cash checks at Minnesota institutions, with multiple state and local agencies, including Richfield Police, assisting the case.
   

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