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Subject: Israeli nationals impersonating locksmiths
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Since this is apparently a large criminal organization, it's not inconceivable
their dispatch centers could be looking for espionage opportunities (by
screening Caller ID's, addresses, etc for as potential targets) and using this
method as an attack vector.
-Ed
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/global/story.asp?s=10927916
Chief Investigative Reporter George Knapp and Photojournalist Matt Adams
I-Team: Police Breaking Up Phony Locksmiths
Updated: Aug 14, 2009 6:28 PM EDT
Just look at the phone book or online and you'll see hundreds of fly-by-night
locksmith outfits using phony names and bogus addresses to fleece millions of
dollars each year out of locals and tourists.
The scam emanates from New York and Florida and appears to be a highly organized
criminal enterprise that flaunts local laws and has been known to use threats
and intimidation against customers who are invariably in vulnerable situations.
An undercover police officer posing as a shopper locked out of car calls a
company named Right On Time Locksmith. She is routed to another company, S and S
Locksmith. When help arrives 15 minutes later in an unmarked van, the man says
he works for a 3rd company, Mega-Locksmith.
The $30 fee mentioned on the phone gets bumped. "$50 bucks," says "locksmith"
Eli Levy on hidden camera. I just say $50. Other companies are charging over
$100 to open doors."
As soon as they hear a price mentioned, detectives who've been monitoring the
exchange move in. Levy is an Israeli national and says this is his second day on
the job. He has no business license, work card, or a valid driver's license.
He says he doesn't know how the three companies are linked and also says he
doesn't need a business license. There's a very simple reason why the law
requires a criminal background check for anyone working as a locksmith. Joe
Esposito owned liberty lock for 29 years. "Locksmiths have the keys and the
knowledge and the expertise to basically break into anybody else's house. A
locksmith is basically a licensed burglar," he said.
Esposito and other legitimate locksmiths are appalled by the invasion of Las
Vegas and other large cities by shady, unlicensed locksmith operators who are
little more than a phone number. They take out huge ads in the Yellow Pages,
have dozens of numbers under single listings, and essentially take over the market.
There are no background checks or work cards for the employees. Taxes aren't
paid and the whole operation seems to be routed back to a central dispatch in
New York. "It's millions of dollars. It's big. That's why they are doing it,"
said Esposito.
Even Metro doesn't know who owns these companies. "No not yet. It's definitely
big. It almost seems like it's a human trafficking deal. You know, Come here,
we're going to set you up in these, work when we say, do what we say,'" said
Sgt. Lenny LaRusso with Metro's Privileged License Team.
Sgt. LaRusso's team has turned up the heat in recent months, using stings to
send a message and to gather information. Two of the drivers busted Tuesday
afternoon were sent out by the same dispatcher to the same location.
Like Ely Levy, Sal is also from Israel. "I'm a sick person, sir. I work part
time. I have to eat. I'm not stealing," he said.
But it has all the markings of a scam. The most common complaint is that the
locksmiths quote one price on the phone, and then something else in person.
Cheryl Delhagen needed new locks after her home was burglarized -- a job that
should have cost $150. "Finally at the end he presented me with a bill for
$610," she said.
Customers say if they balk at paying, locksmiths threaten them or refuse to
leave. Consumers have nowhere to go to complain.
LaRusso's team says few, if any, of the companies have actual offices. Search
Google for Las Vegas Locksmiths and hundreds pop up, but the addresses are
bogus. They're actually the addresses of fast food joints, Caesars Forum Shops,
the Mandalay Events Center, or McCarran Airport. The office that sent out two of
the men who were busted is, in fact, a locksmith shop but it's been closed down
for many months.
One of the bogus companies listed the address of its office and it seemed very
familiar to our I-Team producer Ian Russell. That's because it is his home
address. He assures us there is no locksmith operation in his apartment.
Esposito says he's appealed to the phone company to at least ask for a business
license before listing a locksmith company. He was rebuffed every time. "These
people are very much taking advantage of the community and the phone company is
basically assisting them in doing this," he said.
So how can you figure out which company is legit? Ask for advice from AAA, your
insurance company, and know the signs of a scam.
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