Federal authorities in Minnesota are lowering the boom on a large group of individuals from the Twin Cities suspected of identity theft, bank fraud and money laundering activities that spread out to at least a dozen states and stole at least $2 million.
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The charging document says Vang obtained fake identification documents and counterfeit checks from a group that prosecutors refer to simply as “the Known Conspirators in Minnesota.” She admitted to using bogus checks to buy merchandise between December 2007 and December 2009 at retail outlets in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota and Illinois. The goods were returned for cash, and the proceeds were split among Vang and her associates.
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