Stolen car leads to ID theft ring

["Michael Hill, CITRMS" <mhill () idtexperts com>]

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=82418

LONE TREE - More than a hundred Colorado dentists and their patients could be at risk for identity theft after a car 
containing a bag of sensitive information was stolen. 


Lone Tree Police says the bag of documents were in the trunk of the car, which belonged to an employee of the Colorado 
Board of Dental Examiners. 

"There was a substantial amount," said Det. Todd Pachello with Lone Tree Police. "Three, 3-ring binders in a bag that 
contained sensitive medical information." 

According to police and the Colorado Board of Dental Examiners, the employee was taking the information home to finish 
work, but first made a stop at Park Meadows Mall to shop November 30. 

Police say the car was stolen in the parking lot with the documents inside. 

Authorities found the car a few days later this week at an apartment complex located at 4500 South Monaco in Denver 
where one of the alleged thieves lived. 

Inside the unit, police discovered a massive amount of personal information from previous crimes. 

"Social Security numbers, dates of birth, the credit card numbers, the pin numbers to those credit cards, they even 
have the photo IDs of the individuals they stole those credit cards from," said Pachello. 

Rodney Hendrix, Curtis Jenkins, and Adam Silva were arrested and taken into custody. Hendrix, the so-called ring 
leader, faces a possible lifetime sentence if convicted, because police say this is his fifth offense. 

The Colorado Board of Dental Examiners says its employee did not violate any company policies by taking the documents 
out of the building. 

It's not known whether the suspects used the victims' personal information before they were arrested, but all the 
victims are currently being contacted by authorities. 

If you have questions about the case, you're asked to call Lone Tree Police at 303-339-8150.

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