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    Immigration Employee Charged in Store Scam..Virginia

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    Immigration Employee Charged in Store Scam

    By Tom Jackman
    Washington Post Staff Writer
    Saturday, March 5, 2005; Page B04

    An employee of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has been arrested in Fairfax County for allegedly trying to scam department stores out of money by returning items with higher price tags than what was on them originally, police said yesterday.

    Fairfax police arrested Jennifer G. Crandall, 40, of Vienna on Tuesday at the new Fairfax Corner shopping center, according to court records. She was charged with one count of obtaining money by false pretenses and released on her own recognizance.

    Sgt. Richard Perez said investigators began checking into the case early last month, after a store suspected Crandall of theft. Perez said police believe that Crandall would buy an item from a store and also steal a price tag from a similar but higher-priced item.

    Police allege that Crandall then would return the item and use the stolen price tag to receive more money or credit than she had paid originally, Perez said.

    Detective David A. Mulvey arrested Crandall and then obtained a search warrant for her purse, court records show. Inside the purse, Mulvey found 49 gift cards or merchandise credit cards from various stores and 57 receipts, as well as a Maryland driver's license with the name Jennifer Graves, which Mulvey alleged was used to make the returns.

    Crandall could not be located yesterday for comment.

    Manny Van Pelt, a spokesman for the immigration agency, said yesterday that Crandall was an employee of the agency, a division of the Department of Homeland Security. He could not say whether she was an agent or civilian employee or what her current job status was.

    "We take all allegations of employee misconduct seriously and have referred the matter to ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility for inquiry," Van Pelt said. "Until the issue has been resolved, it would be inappropriate to comment further."

    Obtaining money by false pretenses is a Class 4 felony in Virginia. If Crandall was convicted of that charge, she would face a minimum two years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.
    "This country has lost control of its borders. And no country can sustain that kind of position." .... Ronald Reagan

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    Immigration Employee Charged in Store Scam..Virginia

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ar ... 5Mar4.html

    Immigration Employee Charged in Store Scam

    By Tom Jackman
    Washington Post Staff Writer
    Saturday, March 5, 2005; Page B04

    An employee of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has been arrested in Fairfax County for allegedly trying to scam department stores out of money by returning items with higher price tags than what was on them originally, police said yesterday.

    Fairfax police arrested Jennifer G. Crandall, 40, of Vienna on Tuesday at the new Fairfax Corner shopping center, according to court records. She was charged with one count of obtaining money by false pretenses and released on her own recognizance.

    Sgt. Richard Perez said investigators began checking into the case early last month, after a store suspected Crandall of theft. Perez said police believe that Crandall would buy an item from a store and also steal a price tag from a similar but higher-priced item.

    Police allege that Crandall then would return the item and use the stolen price tag to receive more money or credit than she had paid originally, Perez said.

    Detective David A. Mulvey arrested Crandall and then obtained a search warrant for her purse, court records show. Inside the purse, Mulvey found 49 gift cards or merchandise credit cards from various stores and 57 receipts, as well as a Maryland driver's license with the name Jennifer Graves, which Mulvey alleged was used to make the returns.

    Crandall could not be located yesterday for comment.

    Manny Van Pelt, a spokesman for the immigration agency, said yesterday that Crandall was an employee of the agency, a division of the Department of Homeland Security. He could not say whether she was an agent or civilian employee or what her current job status was.

    "We take all allegations of employee misconduct seriously and have referred the matter to ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility for inquiry," Van Pelt said. "Until the issue has been resolved, it would be inappropriate to comment further."

    Obtaining money by false pretenses is a Class 4 felony in Virginia. If Crandall was convicted of that charge, she would face a minimum two years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.
    "This country has lost control of its borders. And no country can sustain that kind of position." .... Ronald Reagan

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