9 indicted in cellphone trafficking scheme
Published 10:31 am Friday, May 15, 2015
MINNEAPOLIS — Nine Twin Cities area people have been indicted in a multimillion dollar cellphone trafficking scheme.
The indictments made public Thursday say homeless people were recruited to buy the cellphones using stolen identities and then sign up for a service plan that gave them the phone at a reduced cost. Authorities say the phones were shipped to Hong Kong and sold on the street for as much as $2,000.