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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chris_ on January 30, 2011, 03:43:24 PM
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Dallas Crime Stoppers chief indicted for defrauding program
(CNN) -- A 26-year police veteran who headed the Dallas Crime Stoppers has been indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the tipster-based crime fighting program, U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas said Thursday.
Dallas Police Department Senior Cpl. Theadora Ross, 50, of Rowlett, Texas, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeff Kaplan on Wednesday, and she was released on bond, Jacks said in a statement.
Between February 2005 and May 2010, the conspirators allegedly collected at least $250,000 in cash rewards for bogus tips, the prosecutor said in a statement. No arrests, which would have been false, were ever made, Jacks said.
CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/27/texas.crime.stoppers.fraud/index.html?hpt=Sbin)
This is up there with stealing from children and old people. :bird:
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I thought that tips had to lead to an arrest before any reward was given out?
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That's what I thought. I guess that's where the 'fraud' part comes in.
Why don't they just call it what it is... theft.
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She would issue a confidential code to informants, who would turn around and redeem it at a local bank. Where the fraud came in is that she would duplicate the code for a friend, who would in turn rush to the bank to redeem it before the real tipster could. When the real tipsters would complain they didn't get paid, it was easy to tell her bosses that hey, we're dealing with the dregs of society, they're just trying to double dip on us. She had to know they'd eventually catch on.
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She would issue a confidential code to informants, who would turn around and redeem it at a local bank. Where the fraud came in is that she would duplicate the code for a friend, who would in turn rush to the bank to redeem it before the real tipster could. When the real tipsters would complain they didn't get paid, it was easy to tell her bosses that hey, we're dealing with the dregs of society, they're just trying to double dip on us. She had to know they'd eventually catch on.
Wow- that is sickening.
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Dallas is a cesspool of liberalism and crime, so it's only natural that a small minority of their police department reflect that.
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Can I get $25,000 for turning her in?
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Dallas is a cesspool of liberalism and crime, so it's only natural that a small minority of their police department reflect that.
Hey, I live in Chicago now, so Dallas seems like the center of morality :hyper:
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Dallas has really turned into a veritable shit hole. It's far from the city I once knew. Thank you, god damned Yankees!! :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
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Dallas has really turned into a veritable shit hole. It's far from the city I once knew. Thank you, god damned Yankees!! :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
It seems like they've had quite a bit of scandal/corruption over the last few years. Were you there when the DISD superintendent used school funds to decorate her office (or home- I can't remember)? Then there's always the perennial winners Al Lipscomb and John Wiley Price to make the citizens proud :lmao:
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It seems like they've had quite a bit of scandal/corruption over the last few years. Were you there when the DISD superintendent used school funds to decorate her office (or home- I can't remember)? Then there's always the perennial winners Al Lipscomb and John Wiley Price to make the citizens proud :lmao:
Yvonne Gonzalez. Yeah. and Al and John are still hanging. Ain't nothing changed really. :thatsright:
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Yvonne Gonzalez. Yeah. and Al and John are still hanging. Ain't nothing changed really. :thatsright:
Ah yes. Ms. Gonzalez, if I remember correctly, was considered a big catch at the time.
Also, there was that whole investigation into people who were arrested for cocaine, and it turned out it was concrete or something. Do you remember that?
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It seems like they've had quite a bit of scandal/corruption over the last few years. Were you there when the DISD superintendent used school funds to decorate her office (or home- I can't remember)? Then there's always the perennial winners Al Lipscomb and John Wiley Price to make the citizens proud :lmao:
No, I left Texas in 1975 and only returned for quick visits while I was on leave. I didn't return for good until 2008.
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No, I left Texas in 1975 and only returned for quick visits while I was on leave. I didn't return for good until 2008.
You missed out on some of the fun :)
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That's what I thought. I guess that's where the 'fraud' part comes in.
Why don't they just call it what it is... theft.
Thieves outright steal, and in that they have a modicum of honesty.
Fraudsters lie to you and take advantage of legitimate processes to separate you from what is yours.
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Yvonne Gonzalez. Yeah. and Al and John are still hanging. Ain't nothing changed really. :thatsright:
Yes, it's changed. It's gotten WORSE! Now the County Commissioner's Court is ALL Democrat! JWP's head is going to explode when he realizes he has no one to argue with. That is unless someone discusses a "black hole" again. :rotf:
For those who haven't been introduced to the ignorant John Wiley Price, brace yourselves....
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Yes, it's changed. It's gotten WORSE! Now the County Commissioner's Court is ALL Democrat! JWP's head is going to explode when he realizes he has no one to argue with. That is unless someone discusses a "black hole" again. :rotf:
For those who haven't been introduced to the ignorant John Wiley Price, brace yourselves....
When I was in College, one of my classes had a visit from JWP, Al Lipscomb, and Diane Ragsdale. It was a geography class. I can't even remember why they were there. That was a LONG time ago. I heard Russ Martin gave JWP windshield wiper nunchucks when he came to visit. :rotf: :rotf:
He sure is a character, that's for sure.
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lol, yeah, Russ made fun of him. It was greatness.
JWP, in person, is actually very intelligent. His problem is that he views everything around him with race-vision goggles. You can't disagree with anyone of color without being a racist in his eyes.
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lol, yeah, Russ made fun of him. It was greatness.
JWP, in person, is actually very intelligent. His problem is that he views everything around him with race-vision goggles. You can't disagree with anyone of color without being a racist in his eyes.
DUDE! You like Russ??? :cheersmate: I was hoping you did, but you never can be so sure. NO ONE I know likes him. Just me. How the hell that happens I don't know. I grew up with him (on the radio) but I worked with JD, WAAAAAY back in the day. So cool.
I liked the way Russ handled him though. That was genius. Times like that I think my commute is too short.
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DUDE! You like Russ??? :cheersmate: I was hoping you did, but you never can be so sure. NO ONE I know likes him. Just me. How the hell that happens I don't know. I grew up with him (on the radio) but I worked with JD, WAAAAAY back in the day. So cool.
I liked the way Russ handled him though. That was genius. Times like that I think my commute is too short.
Oh yeah, I followed Russ back when he was on KEGL the first time. He only gets better with age!
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Oh yeah, I followed Russ back when he was on KEGL the first time. He only gets better with age!
:yahoo:
You are the only one I know.