A man is accused of conning Home Depot of $300,000 by taking a bunch of doors without buying them, then getting refunds for them in store credit
ca.news.yahoo.com
Alexandre Henrique Costa-Mota would dress up as a contractor and load Andersen doors onto a lumber cart without paying for them, prosecutors said.
  • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    This may be a silly question, but why would the Secret Service, which is tasked with protecting the President of the United States, be investigating door theft at Home Depot?

    • DelnitaCrane@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      The Secret Service was originally created to investigate counterfeiting currency, they only started Presidential protection after McKinley was assassinated. Combating financial fraud remains part of their mission today.

      • aksdb@feddit.deEnglish
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        1 year ago

        TIL.

        I actually thought this must have been a “typo” in the article.