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OptOutDetectives was created by police officers. The process, used by federal, state and local police agencies is used to remove personal information from popular search engine websites to protect officers, their families and now is made available to the public!
Date / Time: 11/7/2009 10:59 PM UTC
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Investigators cracked a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into their unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.
A suspect turned informant told police that a 19-year-old woman was the "driving force" in the thefts, motivated by a desire own the designer clothes and jewelry of such celebrities as Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.
According to a Las Vegas police search warrant obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, Nicholas Prugo told Los Angeles police detectives that Rachel Jungeon Lee spearheaded the break-ins.
Prugo told police Lee, 19, would suggest a target, then Prugo would trawl the Internet for information about where they lived and when they would be away from home. Las Vegas police were involved because Lee lives there.
Officials said Lee was booked on a charge of possession of stolen property charge and released after posting $3,000 bail. Prosecutors in Los Angeles asked police to investigate her further. She could not immediately be reached Friday for comment.
Police say the Lee and Prugo were part of a group of at least six that stole from October 2008 until September.
After watching a house, they would break into the poorly protected properties, often by simply walking through unlocked doors.
Prugo said they removed cash, narcotics and thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, including family heirlooms.
Acting on a tip, police arrested 18-year-old Prugo on Sept. 17. He initially refused to talk to police but on Oct. 6, he and his attorney met with detectives and Prugo "provided a full confession, and implicated several other suspects," court documents state.
"Prugo admitted to committing all of the burglaries and that Rachel Lee was with him during the residential burglaries of the homes of Audrina Patridge, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson and the Hilton family," the search warrant states. "Prugo stated that it was Lee who would suggest a target and that he would surf the Internet to learn where the celebrity lived as well as the target's travel itinerary."
Prugo said Lee wanted to "own the designer wardrobes of the Hollywood celebrities she admired."
Lee, Prugo and at least four others have been arrested in the case. The four others, most between the ages of 18 and 20, have been charged with felony burglary.
The search warrant states Prugo told police he and Lee broke into Hilton's house several times. At the Lohan house, the burglary crew gained entrance by prying open a window with a screwdriver then swiped luggage, clothing and jewelry including a Rolex wristwatch with a blue face, Prugo told police.
He said expensive watches were also a target at Bloom's house, and several were stolen along with artwork and clothing.
A search of the Las Vegas home Lee shared with her father turned up a piece of paper with the names of her accomplices which Las Vegas Detective Ethan Grimes confirmed were the other subjects identified in the crime ring.
Police also found three photos of Paris Hilton, designer jeans, three computers, a Korean passport, 204 $100 bills and less than one ounce of marijuana when they arrested Lee at the home in northwest Las Vegas on Oct. 22, according to the warrants.
Date / Time: 11/3/2009 4:27 PM UTC
Date / Time: 10/30/2009 4:12 AM UTC
This is from Jeremy Duffy and can be found on his website at: http://www.thegeekprofessor.com/rps/opt-out-detectives/ Check out his website for more great info on ID Theft prevention! (Here's the show link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/OptOutDetectives/2009/09/20/Jeremy-Duffy-Awareness-Advocate) So a little while back, I did a Blogtalk radio interview with Mike of the Opt-Out Detectives. Before the interview, I checked out the optoutdetectives.com website and saw that like so many others, they are a service you can purchase to help prevent ID theft. Though I didn't have time to evaluate the service at the time, far be it for me to pass up the opportunity to reach more people and tell them how to stop ID theft.
I talked with Mike for a while during and after the Interview and discovered more about who they are and what they do. His site was born out of the need to protect the information of detectives and police who sometimes have bad guys threaten them and their families. The service is not a monthly fee. It is instead a one-time cost for a one time service (instead of a monthly cost for a one-time service like some people think is ok to charge).
I asked Mike for the chance to try out his service and this is the results of my evaluation:
I've always said that there are two parts to protecting your identity: keeping the data from the bad guys and keeping them from using it. Keeping them from using it (for credit anyway) is pretty easy with a Credit Freeze. Keeping them from getting the data in the first place is really hard!
There are too many companies out there abusing your data leaving you little option of when and how it's used. But can you do something about it? Some of these companies give you the option of opting out of being bought and sold like a slave. The challenge is finding who to opt out with and then actually getting it done (an extremely arduous task to say the least).
Enter Opt Out Detectives.
The point of this service is protecting yourself not only against ID theft, but other kinds of crime that come from people having too easy access to where you live and other important data about you. Granted there are other tricks to protecting your information than just getting your name off lists and out of databases, but data brokers are one of the biggest sources of the problem so dealing with them is a good start.
Depending on what level of service you want, the price will vary, but for the most part the money you pay is for a large PDF file about 64 pages long with helpful advice, instructions, and pre-filled letters (they ask for some of your basic data so they can do some of the work for you).
If you go through the packet, it will provide a list of e-mail addresses to send opt-out requests to, links to online removal forms, websites to sign up for that will help you control and remove your data, and, of course, information on why to get a credit freeze and how to do it (score big points for the Opt Out Detectives for that!).
It's easy to read, easy to understand, and easy to follow. This makes the process of combating the data-brokers a snap. You'll still have to take the time to go through it and you'll also need to print out the letters and send them, but they're already addressed and have the necessary details on them so most will just need to be signed and sent.
In my case, they provided what they call the "Business Select, Sports and Celebrity package".
Before I'd even gone through the packet, I'd already received my first letter from a data-broker stating that they intended to comply with the request to remove my information. I got two more where one complied and the other requested that I fill out their specific form for removal, but the process was working.
From what I could tell, the Opt Out Detectives service that I received already took care of the first part of the packet leaving me with the letters and credit freezes to do myself.
I already have my accounts frozen so that's under control, but I haven't sent the letters yet because I also want to know what information the companies had in the first place. I'm talking with Mike about a revision to the letters that would make that possible and that would also let me opt my wife and kids out at the same time.
Once I complete that process, I'll post some updates here, but the package as-is should be more than enough for people who aren't interested in data-aggregation research.
The Opt Out Detectives is the first ID-theft service of any kind that I've ever found that has any merit. Not only do they NOT charge monthly, what they do charge for is a useful service that will help you to prevent ID theft and worse.
Remember there's plenty of other things people can do to you if they can find enough personal data about you which Mike and his crew well knows. This is a service created to protect law enforcement and their families from the revenge of criminal elements. The same service will help protect you too.
Go and check them out!
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Original Air Date: 9/26/2009 4:30 PM UTC
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