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Man accused of conning Home Depot of $300,000 by taking a bunch of doors without buying them(ca.news.yahoo.com)

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SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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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?

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DelnitaCrane@kbin.social
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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.

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aksdb@feddit.de
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TIL.

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

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CapraObscura@lemmy.world
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He was charged was wire fraud. That’s basically the Secret Service’s THING.

Don’t do wire fraud. Anything else is pretty fine. The moment the fraud goes over wires, you’re ultrafucked.

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Zalack@startrek.website
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Its original mandate was investigating financial fraud. Presidential protection came later and has always been in addition to their original mandate.

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