U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli on Fraud Arrests in Calif.: ‘Nothing Is Too Small for Us to Charge You Federally’

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ESSAYLI: “I mean, it’s par for the course here. Our federal agencies, whether it’s HSI, FBI, they’re using all the tools in their belt to make sure that the most important thing is that during these operations that it’s safety. They want to make sure they know exactly where he is, where he’s moving, to see what’s in his hands. And drones are just one tool in their arsenal to do that. But look, I think our bigger message here today is Vice President Vance, the attorney general, said no fraud is too big. No fraud is too small. Here, we’re talking about credit card debt that was incurred under stolen American Social Security numbers. And we want people to know that you are on our radar. And that is not — that nothing is too small for us to charge you federally and where you’re going to face federal prison time.”