SFGATE: Bay Area car break-ins allegedly tied to international crime ring

Bay Area car break-ins allegedly tied to international crime ring
Published on February 01, 2018 at 02:24AM by By Jenna Lyons
Numerous Bay Area car break-ins have been linked to a multimillion-dollar fencing operation in which computer tablets and laptops stolen from vehicles were shipped overseas and sold on the black market in Vietnam, authorities said Wednesday. Eight people from San Francisco and San Jose were charged and more than $2 million in stolen goods were seized after a joint investigation by Fremont police and the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office, police said. “We want people to know the level of crime this is,” said Fremont police Lt. Mike Tegner. “This isn’t just a normal property crime.
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