CENTRAL FLORIDA,None — Secret Service agents said they have broken up an identity theft ring that targeted Sam's Club shoppers.
The suspects used victims' information to steal nearly $1 million worth of merchandise, agents said.
The Secret Service said 61-year-old Brenda Shoukry and 34-year-old Reginald Holley went on a massive spending spree at Sam's Club and Walmart locations across Central Florida, and they weren't using their own money.
Investigators said they made fake IDs using personal information for at least 35 real Sam's Club customers, then walked in the stores and claimed they lost their membership credit card and needed a new one.
"I think it's really crazy. They should be prosecuted," Sam's Club member Cynthia Slaughter said.
"Get their photo taken, get their new credit card with their photo on it... and go on a shopping spree," Jim Glendinning of the U.S. Secret Service said.
The suspects were arrested last year at an Ocoee Best Buy, accused of trying to pull off a similar scheme to get electronics.
The scheme has customers wondering how something like this could happen so easily.
"Especially when I work hard to be able to come to Sam's, and use my own identity," Slaughter said.
The Secret Service said it was working to figure out the scale of the crimes.
"We do have two in custody, but there's indication it's broader. There's more than two people involved," Glendinning said.
Both suspects remain in local jails on different cases.
A Sam's Club spokesperson couldn't say exactly how many customers may have been affected, or if the company has taken any extra precautions.
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