Miami Street Gangs See No Hope In Dope. They’ve Switched To Identity Fraud Fueled By Russian Hackers

In August 2018, when police in Miami searched the home of Geno St. Flerose, a teenager they said was a member of the Everybody Eats street gang, they discovered incriminating evidence that had little to do with the drugs and guns they more typically find.  

Police say St. Flerose had three notebooks full of other people’s personal information – names, dates of birth, bank account numbers and social security numbers – and a “to-do” list, in which No. 7 was simply “Fraud.” Investigators revealed that St. Flerose was buying stolen...