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Mr. Randy Wings in Culver City.

I love seeing this.

We're getting so many emails of people that found out about the website that shows

if the state of California owes you money, claimit.ca.gov.

Thanks to that report from Julie Watts.

And it's working for people.

Shelly writes in at Johnny Don't Like Show at gmail.com.

Hi guys.

I just found $300 at this site between me and my dad.

Woohoo.

You know, you'll look at television programs on the streaming services.

They cost you money.

This radio program is free to listen to and we make you money.

Find out if the state of California is holding money for you.

Put in your name.

Don't put in your address.

Just search for your address among all the other people that have the same name

as you and realize that you're not unique.

But go to claimit.ca.gov.

I found $300 owed to me from my old Burbank residents.

You might find some money in there for you.

You know what this reminds me of?

What's that?

When I was in high school psychology class, one of our projects was we had to do a budget.

Where you had to figure out how much money you would make from

whatever profession it was that you said you wanted.

Figure out how much your house payment would be.

Figure out how much your expenses would be and write it up.

And I remember I turned mine in and I got a C on the paper,

which didn't happen regularly to me.

And so I protested my grade to the woman.

I walked up to her desk and I said, hey, what's the deal with this?

She gave me a C. I completed the project as you described.

And she said, well, you didn't budget anything for children.

And babies cost money.

And I go, what are you talking about?

Babies cost money.

Babies make money, especially the blonde ones.

I had a feeling we were going down this road.

Can we move on?

All right, go ahead.

John, the state of California isn't just allowing fraudulent

hospices to run in the state.

They're also allowing hundreds and hundreds of other fraudulent businesses

that are being opened with stolen identities every single year.

I now bring you a report from CBS LA and their investigative reporter,

Ross Palombo, on all of the fraudulent businesses that are being opened up

every year in California, mostly in LA.

Who was it?

Was it Lonnie Leitner who was on the show?

Who called Minnesota where he lives at Cold California?

And we asked him why.

And he said, well, it's because of the left wing politics and all of the stealing going on.

Okay, it's definitely sweeps week.

Sounds like 1970s, porno music.

What's the first place?

More than three million businesses.

Head west, enter and laugh.

Officially registering with the state last year in elderly care facility.

Three million businesses in a year registered with the state of California,

that already doesn't pass the smell test.

No, especially when you know that the business environment in California is tough to begin with.

Last year, making an elderly care facility.

This is supposed to be a construction company.

Now we're heading to a spa.

But are all of them really open for business?

That family doesn't look like elder care.

Are they real at all?

It's empty.

And if they're not.

Well, does it look like a construction company?

Who's really getting the business?

So you don't know this person at all?

No.

How you doing?

Hello.

You never heard of it.

They don't know what they're doing.

They don't know.

They're scared.

They're scared.

You know, it's going to be a big piece when the news report has its own sizzle reel.

There are so many scams going on in the state.

Yep.

The scare for hundreds upon hundreds of people started here at the Secretary of State's official website.

At Bids file online, anyone can register a business like an LLC or a corporation for a small fee.

To registering your business with the Secretary of State's office is the first step.

The state says it's also the...

Is that the website voice?

Because it sounds like royal.

Is royal oaks moonlighting for the state of California?

To registering your business with the Secretary of State's office is the first step.

The state...

Well, if you're starting a business, you would need excellent legal advice.

First step.

The state says it's also the first step in security.

Stronger protection from business identity theft and fraud.

And on November 6, 2023, that is apparently what Thomas Andrewssonis signed up for,

taking the first step to incorporate Andrewssonis kitchen and bath

by strongly protecting and registering his business to a North Hills address.

Does that look like a kitchen and bath?

But when we went there...

That's good.

All we found was this home and confused homeowner.

Is your name Andreus Sonis?

Definitely no kitchen and bath place here.

Uh-oh.

So what? They're just stealing addresses and identities?

Yes.

And opening businesses and probably with those businesses,

getting all kinds of loans and credit.

Oh no.

And when we went searching for Thomas Andrewssonis himself...

We go to this house where your business is supposed to be.

We found more confusion.

Now coming from half a world away at his real home in the Netherlands.

Do you do...

Wait a second. This is a Dutch guy.

So they're scamming California and they're not even in this country.

Oh, it's not even this guy.

This is the victim of the identity theft, a Dutchman in the Netherlands.

Do you do kitchens and bathrooms?

No, I have no business relating to kitchens or baths.

You don't do tile. You don't do design.

Not at all.

He's from the Netherlands.

He probably specializes in really, really, really tall sets of stairs.

Be careful.

Not at all.

And it's not just here.

So we have about 10 places we're going to.

Yeah.

Every registered builder we check.

Okay, so this is a construction company as well.

I'm here to be a bus.

A new construction construction.

You've never heard of it.

She's never heard of it.

Every registered senior center

was nowhere to be seen.

Cray Wong.

Okay, between this piece, which is a great piece from Ross Palombo,

who does really good work at CBSLA.

And the piece that we played you from the national report on the hospice fraud,

why is it up to the television reporters to be uncovering what is going on here?

And this is at the local level, the state level, and the federal level.

Why is it up to the TV reporters to determine where all this fraud is?

Well, and it shows you what a disgrace surely Webber is too.

Because you get your business license through the California Secretary of State's website.

She's in charge of two things.

She's in charge of running our elections,

would take a month to figure out how many votes went to who.

And then she's allowing all of these fraudulent businesses

to get business licenses in California so they can go defraud other people to be seen.

Cray Wong.

Elder care.

No relation.

No, you don't know anything about that.

How about that?

Someone knocks on your door.

Hey, I heard this is an elder care.

This is my house.

Could you imagine just sitting in front of your TV,

watching reruns the judge Judy?

And then the news pounds on your door asking you if you're running a hospice facility.

Even three companies here.

A lot of businesses for one building,

a delivery, a transportation,

and a construction company all registered to this one address was nowhere to be found.

So your company is hired to verify that these people are real people.

Right.

While doing that for banks, fraud investigator David Maiman discovered a new trend.

Fake businesses, he says,

that are all registered in California with one new thing in common.

We find a lot of identity associated with former legal immigrants here in the United States.

Legal.

So here's the scam.

If you come to this country legally to go to college and then you go back to your home country,

chances are you have some kind of identification that can be stolen and then used to open up a fake

business.

What is the Secretary of State's office doing to prevent these phony businesses from getting

licenses from their office? Look at all of the hoops that the State Controller's Office was

making people jump through to get money that legally belonged to them.

They wanted you to put, give them different forms of ID, signatures, you name it.

Yet when it comes to giving out fraudulent business licenses, they'll just give them to whoever

wants them. We find a lot of identity.

California, very anti-business, unless you're a fake business.

California, very hard to get your unemployment check unless it's a fake unemployment check.

If you're a con artist, come one, come all.

We find a lot of identity associated with former legal immigrants here in the United States.

Legal immigrants like Thomas, most who came here for school or work,

temporarily. Well, I guess the one thing we have going for us here in California is most of

them are here illegally. But then went back to their home countries. You have a real person

with a real identity, with a real source security number who potentially. I'm shocked.

The guy who's from Amsterdam came to study in Los Angeles and didn't want to stay here.

Gee, I wonder what it was. Did he have a bad encounter on the MTA?

He has a real person with a real identity, with a real source security number who potentially

opened a new bank account. You know, it was. He went to get a burger and fries and they offered

him ketchup and he was so offended. He went back to the Netherlands. Man, he's only please.

Who's no longer here in the country. So for identity, if this is really gold, isn't it?

It's it's gold. And with those golden IDs, criminals, he says, created more than 800 fraudulent

businesses last year alone, all centered here in Southern California. Of course, because why not?

Allowing them to do big financial damage. Once you have a business under your name,

then the limits are way higher. And you can definitely aim for bigger loans, so to speak,

for the businesses. Now it's gone through the roof. Get that MX business card for your fake business.

For the businesses. Now it's gone through the roof. And now it's going through the roof.

It is once ruined my life. While her business spending was going through the roof,

at what Maming calls a fake construction company registered by the state in Van Eyes.

Of course, Van Eyes seems to be the center for all of this. That's where the street is

with the three miles of nothing but hospice businesses. We've also got fake construction companies

in Van Eyes too. Okay, if all of these fraudulent businesses are centered out of one part of the

San Fernando Valley, you know where they are. Go clean it up. In Van Eyes.

This former Penn State students credit was going out the window. From her home all the way

in Thailand, she discovered her credit report was listing 30 accounts with thousands of dollars

worth of charges. Before this thing happened, my credit score at least 800. Now what's your credit

score now? 419. Oh, no. They think she's a deadbeat poor lady. So your credit score was almost

cut in half. Yes, it's a big deal. And I was a bit in disbelief. Thomas couldn't believe that

Bank of America filed suit again. That's as emotional as a Dutchman can get. And that's him trying

real hard. And disbelief. Thomas couldn't believe that Bank of America filed suit against him for

more than $45,000 that he says he never spent. This was very weird to hear considering that

how easily the bank gave out the loan, how easy it was to fake my ID documentation.

It's maybe at least he's got plenty of stories to tell all of his friends in Amsterdam about these

stupid Americans. Oh, they'll find out more about Los Angeles when the Olympics come here.

It's made easy. Maaman says because registering these businesses with the state makes the

businesses seem real. And you can do it just like that. That's correct. Just for a small fee.

Yep. We started the process with just a few people. In theory, shouldn't this be at the top of Bob

Bonta's list? Bobby. Bob Bonta. Well, he said he was right on top of the hospice fraud. And that

is still a massive thing. Bob Bonta. We started the process with just a few clicks and 70 bucks.

So far, no questions asked. No verification required. You have to go through more verification to

open up a Netflix account. I love the fact that you have to jump through a million and one

different hoops to buy booze in this state. Yet when you vote or when you open up a business

and get a license, it's the honor system. California Secretary of State Shirley Webber oversees

all of this, but wouldn't sit down with us to talk about her system and these issues. Why?

Because she's a failure. Anyway, you can do it on their own or go on the internet and pay

two or three hundred dollars maybe and set it up and there you have it. Is that part of the problem?

Underregulation on a lot of things is is a lot of the problem. In no, no, no. It's not under

regulation. It's they're not verifying anything that they're saying. I'm sure the regulations

don't allow this to happen. It's the people who are giving out the licenses aren't doing their

due diligence to find out if people are being truthful on the forms. Underregulation on a lot

of things is is a lot of the problem. In LA County, it's just one part of the 2,500 ID

theft cases, detective saw last year victimizing thousands more along the way. You've seen you

think stolen identity means that they've stolen your credit card number and they're going to run

up an Amazon bill. Turns out stolen identity means they're going to open up a fake business in your

name and take out massive loans that somehow are getting through. And I'm sure they'll find a way

to legally tie it to you so that you have to pay it back. In LA County, it's just one part of the

2,500 ID theft cases, detective saw last year victimizing thousands more along the way. You've

seen people become suicidal. Become suicidal, yes. Start breaking. Totally heartbreaking.

And heartbreaking to many indirectly, like the woman here we found at this address. I'm looking

for YJ Pharmacy. What? She's been getting mail for another business, ma'am, and identified his

fake for months. So if the bank fraud and gester investor has identified the place as fraudulent,

how is the state still allowing the business to operate? Because they're all worried about Trump

and none of them are doing their own jobs. And wondering what, returning to sender may bring

back to her. These are wrong. Your mailbox. She asked whether these are bad people and

what could possibly happen to her. And that was one of the victims, isn't she? Definitely.

So if we can find about 10 in one day, do you think the state should be finding more of these

every day, every week, every month, every year? I think the state could find way more than just

in businesses over one day. But until they do, sometimes I feel like I want to scream.

I'm not entirely sure who is who to blame the most.

Again, that is the most emotional a Dutchman can get.

Beautiful country. Victims worry what other businesses they may find.

We have a big problem. Yeah. Down. Okay, so is this house right here?

The road. I think it should be this one. It's bold.

It's bold. They have nothing to lose. And the probability of detection is pretty low.

The probability of detection does appear to be low. Again, the secretary of state,

Shirley Weber, would not speak with us directly. Her office says it's not their job to spot fraud

on the front end, even though her office. How is it not their job to make sure that the people

applying for business licenses in the state are real? Then you know what, pull it out of that

office. If they think that they don't have to verify any information on those licenses,

then we need to find someone who will. This is very similar to the GO students at California

Community Colleges, where no one seemed to care that AI chatbots were getting student loans.

Her office says it's not their job to spot fraud on the front end,

even though her office also says they do use fraud prevention tools, but they wouldn't elaborate.

They say if you suspect your identity was unlawfully used to create a business,

you can submit a form that will be attached to the business record, but that's a long

way from having the business record itself removed. So if you're the victim now, you have to go

through the hell of the bureaucracy. And by the way, surely Weber, the secretary of state,

a Gavin appointee, we did reach out to others like Bank of America and they say and the wake of

our investigation, they're now looking into dropping that $45,000 case against the man from the

Netherlands. On this web page, you can see the full inner that Dutchman just found out that he

doesn't have to pay the 45,000 and he will still have no reaction. On this web page, you can see

the full interview of victims like him and an in-depth interview with LASD and its fraud prevention

unit, fraud investing. I feel like there's going to be a lot more to this story, but once again,

the investigative reporters doing what this state can't do, uncovering massive amounts of fraud

centered in Los Angeles. We should find the person. I think it's Don Wagner, a supervisor in Orange

County who's running against Shirley Weber and have him on and talk about this. Oh, yeah. Because

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And Randy, the emails keep coming in. People find in money that the Stady, California owes them.

It is over and over again. Steve from Long Beach just made two dollars and 27 cents,

almost a half a gallon of gas. And then he just found $331 for his ex-wife.

Well, can he have access to that? Might be an uncomfortable conversation.

Is Shirley Weber in charge of validating the signatures?

Even if she is, don't go fortune anyone's signature kids.

And if you want to listen to us in Fresno tomorrow, Randy, that's easy to do.

You know, Gavin Newsom is always saying we need high speed rail because people don't care

about the Central Valley. People ignore the Central Valley. And that's why we need high speed rail

because the Central Valley needs some love. Well, you know what? We give the Central Valley love

every single day. It is called the most promoted best of in radio history.

The Fix California hour replay, a one hour best of of this show that air Saturdays at noon

on our sister station, KMJ, serving the entire Central Valley. So Gavin, don't say we didn't do

nothing for the Central Valley. Let's go to Joseph and L.A. Joseph. Hello.

Yes. You know, we get this huge organization called the IRS that comes after us nonstop.

And yet they can't detect the people with the fraud. And if you think about the people with the fraud,

they got all this revenue coming in and they've got no write-offs. So they should get

taxed enormously. You think the IRS would go after them because they've got fake deductions as well.

So why do they spend so much money coming after the average everyday person, but yet they can't go

after themselves in all the fraud they're causing? Well, it's like, why do they allow the homeless to

do anything that they want to do? If the homeless decides they're going to an encampment,

they're going to, let's say camp publicly, which is against the law, the cops are told to look

the other way. If they're going to do drugs in public, the cops are told to look the other way.

If you have a bunch of stolen bikes in the encampment, the cops are told to look the other way.

But you go 10 miles an hour over the speed limit and guess what the state of California does to you.

They light you up because they know they can go after you. They know that you're good for it. So that's

why they target you. Very true. They love to do that. All right. Thank you for the call, sir.

And Randy, it's now time to open up the California crime blotter.

It's happened yet again. I see time for the California crime blotter.

And the first one takes us to a city that doesn't make the blotter often,

El Segundo. Then what makes it different from our usual blotter stories is it's about an arrest,

not just a crime. Well, that doesn't normally happen in LA County. But an El Segundo,

a investigation turned into a big burglary ring bust where a group was stealing millions and

millions of dollars worth of things like handbags. For more, here is NBC LA.

New tonight, El Segundo police say two suspected burglars believed to be part of an organized

theft ring are now in custody after a week's long investigation. NBC Forest, Darsha Philip

joins us live now from El Segundo with a story behind this multi-million dollar bust, Darsha.

Yeah, Carolyn, police say that this was an organized burglary ring and police here in El Segundo

say these thieves would case homes and here in El Segundo, they kicked down the door of a home while

the victims were out and they managed. And if you're wondering why the neighbors didn't notice,

it's because all you can hear is El Segundo is planes taking off. Well, sometimes you can hear

the landing too. And they manage to steal a number of high-end items in just a matter of minutes.

El Segundo police helped capture two thieves in an organized crime ring. Detective Say Jonathan

Calkins and Christopher Welker burglarized at least 10 homes, including one in El Segundo,

stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in items from that home near California and East

Sikamore Avenue. The items that were taken from our victim were high-end burkin bag

purses. Like it's the approximate value for all of them to combine. It was about $600,000.

That's a lot of bags. You know what, though, good on El Segundo for catching them.

That burglary took place in January. El Segundo police worked quickly, sending surveillance

images of the burglarers to other police departments. We received some back from the OPD,

as well as San Diego PD, that they believe had the same suspects burglarized people in their

community as well. The same kind of cars were used, the same kind of modes of entry were used,

usually involved kicking down a door, same suspect appearances for both and all the cases throughout.

Police tracked down the thieves to a home in Temecula, where they found a stockpile,

upwards of $6 million in stolen items, including high-end purses, weapons, watches,

gold coins, and $800,000 in cash. Whoa, that's a lot of loot.

All from burglaries across California, including the one in El Segundo,

and police believe more victims may come forward. Tonight, people who live in El Segundo,

thankful the thieves are behind bars. I never heard something like that, especially in the

residential area. Now, the millions and millions and millions of dollars of burglaries that this

organized ring is committed. Is that count as a non-violent crime? Oh, I'm sure. Bob Bonta,

you have something to say about that. Bob Bonta. It's in the running for my favorite drop of the year.

Bob Bonta. There's a first time here in the head, but I mean, it's not very often that happens here.

We could be fortunate, you know, but the police department and stuff.

But police are urging folks to not let their guards down, warning that they've seen a rise in

organized burglary rings in the South Bay. Police recommend installing cameras outside your home

and be mindful of what you post on social media. Oh, yeah.

I never post that I'm out of town on social media because what you're doing is telling every crook

in your network that you're not home. I actually post things so delayed now that if you're seeing

posts of me in Santa Fe, it's from like three weeks ago. Because I don't want anyone to actually

know where I am. And be mindful of what you post on social media. We are seeing a lot of people

being targeted on social media based on the things they're posting, whether it be high in bags,

or Rolexes, things like that. If you have, look through your own social media feed.

And if you see a lot of vanity on there and you're bragging about your jewelry or your handbags,

you're a target. Also, stop doing that. Yeah, have a little discretion.

And we reached out to the attorneys of the men who are arrested. Christopher Welkins' attorney

got back to a sane and part that his client looks forward to fighting these allegations the old

fashion way in court. Fighting these allegations. How exactly are you not guilty when they tracked you

to a massive warehouse of stolen goods? Yeah, it's not looking too good for that defense.

We're putting live tonight from El Segundo. I'm Darsha Phillips, NBC4 News.

There you go, an organized burglarering busted in El Segundo.

Well, El Segundo didn't create this criminal, but they sure as hell caught him so good job.

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Meet the California crime blotter with John.

And Randy, this one takes us to the city of Arcadia.

This is a weird one, but there was a social media live streamer who is doing a shopping spree event

streamed to his followers that ended up getting swatted by probably one of his followers at the

Arcadia mall. For more on this in the insane situation that happened at the Arcadia mall,

here is CBS LA.

Swat officers swarm a San Gabriel Valley mall with their guns drawn hand-cuffing shoppers.

A dangerous swatting situation leaving people stunned and afraid.

An hour Nicole Comstock is live at the Arcadia mall with what led up to this terrifying moment.

Nicole? Well, yeah, one live streamer we spoke with said he never expected something like this to

happen, especially when he was with one of his young fans and her mom, but live streams like

this can draw large audiences. And in this case, he thinks one of those people watching wanted to

mess with him. That's how you ruin a fun event. Someone's watching it online. They go, you know how we

could spice this up even more. Call the SWAT team. Bingo. Now we're good people.

They were live streaming a shopping spree. By the way, if you've ever been to the Arcadia mall,

you'll notice there are a lot of wives shopping by themselves because the husbands are all losing

money next door at Santa Anita. Now we're good people. They were live streaming a shopping spree with

a four year old fan at the mall in Arcadia. When these two social media personalities got wind of

a dangerous and illegal prank that was pointed at them. They had unknowingly become victims of a

swatting call. I get trolled a lot. It's got to be really tough because this happens all the time,

but what are the police supposed to do? Not respond when someone says there's an active

shooter at the mall in Arcadia. No, but what you have to do is you have to treat it like when people

joke about having a bomb at the airport. In the old days, you could get away with it and it

wasn't that big of a deal. But now if you do it, they're all over you like white on rice.

Diego Zavolete Pinoleza has 181,000 followers on the streaming platform kick.

Never even heard of kick. Either of I guess I'm getting old.

Where he's known as Zavola himself. Different Zavola.

Don't think there's any relation to Ashley. She got all kinds of love from Dan Walters.

Did you see that? Well, yeah, she's the best. And post day in the lifestyle videos for fun.

My family's they come up to me and they say a bunch of just like jokes. So I thought I was just

another one of those jokes. But the police response was no joke. They rolled up heavily armed with

an armored truck and it doesn't squat. Cars bolted into the store and got everyone on the ground.

He told them that there was a guy in the mall with a rifle that wanted to kill people.

And he described me police temporary. That is nuts. Okay, you should have to go to prison for years

if you do something like that because people could be killed. And he described me police

temporarily put the mall on lockdown until they confirmed it was all a hoax. They have to treat

it like a serious situation. So yeah, they came to the mall, you know, swat all the big guns.

I got really scared. Diego and his girlfriend did their best to calm the young fan who got

down on the ground with her hands up too. Her mom was also the four year old who was going on

the streamer shopping spree gets traumatized. God. Her mom was also there put off camera.

When she like fell down and she started like, you know, crying a little bit. So yeah,

I felt really bad. So they took her to the makeup store afterward and let her paint their faces.

No, I don't do it. What she paint a bullseye. Nothing turns a frown upside down like a trip to Sephora.

Diego says he's seen other streamers get swatted recently and it needs to stop.

Just some donuts on the internet have nothing better to do. Please stop swatting us streamers.

We just want to stream.

Arcadia police are actively investigating to try to get to the bottom of who placed that initial

swatting call. It can. Well, don't you, when it's 911, don't you see who's calling you? Yeah,

I'd see if there's a kid with a phone giggling at the orange Julius. It can be charged as a felony

here in California. If you have nonviolent felony though. Oh, I'm sure. If you have any information,

police would love to hear from you reporting live in Arcadia Nicole Comstock CBS LA.

There you go. The case of the streamer at the Arcadia mall already to go on a shopping spree

when someone watching decides it would be really funny to send in the SWAT team.

How many views do you think they got on that video? Oh, probably a lot.

And Randy, it's time to reopen the blotter. He's the cash shed. He's dummy.

We couldn't make this stuff up if we tried. I said, hell no, baby boy. Let me get up on out of here.

It's the California crime blotter.

And this one takes us to Riverside. Someone broke into a camera shop.

For more, here's ABC 7 eyewitness news.

11 a thief looking to steal high dollar cameras is caught on camera himself after

breaking into a Riverside office overnight. surveillance video shows him smashing right through

the front door eyewitness news reporter Abigail Vela's live with that video and what the

business owner hopes will happen next. Abigail.

Well, Mark, that video shows exactly what happened earlier this morning. A mass suspect wearing

gloves breaks into a Riverside business. And once he's in, it looks like he knows exactly what

he's doing. By the end of it, he ended up making off with thousands.

The first throw should don't you worry that glass breaking. That's not violent. No, no,

it's very peaceful. In fact, the first throw should have been the chance to think twice, but instead

they break in surveillance video captures a masked person. Well, you know what Tommy Lassorty

used to say to relief pitchers that he was upset with. What's that? That guy's fastball couldn't

break a plate of glass surveillance video captures a masked person smashing their way into Ray Reynolds

financial services in Riverside just after 12 20 a.m. Once inside, the person moves quickly. First

toward the entrance camera, the suspect seen tearing it off the wall, leaving it hanging.

But other cameras in the office keep recording. From another angle, the person can be seen walking

into a back room used to record professional videos. There, they appear to know exactly what they're

looking for, removing two high-end cameras from their tripod. Okay, what is this office? Do you

think he stole any polaroids? Sounds like an only fan studio. There, they appear to know exactly

what they're looking for, removing two high-end cameras from their tripods. The equipment worth

about $20,000. Business owner, this was definitely a place to shoot feet videos.

Yeah, that seems a little odd, doesn't it? Business owner, Fey Reynolds says one camera belong to

an employee and the other was purchased just weeks ago. Reynolds saying nothing else but the cameras

were taken. And he's sad to see that you were so hard to at least have something build something

in. What's with the panting in the background? Do you hear that? At least have maybe she has a dog.

Uh-huh. Someone that just wants easy money just come and take it because they don't have

the drive to do something for themselves. Well, the real industry is criminals. They open up fake

businesses in California. She sounds like she got shot with a tranquilizer gun. Now she's hoping

the video will help identify the person responsible. Now if you recognize that person,

you're urged to contact Riverside Police who are now investigating this incident.

Reporting live, Abigail, there you go. The camera shop, question mark, they got broken into

in Riverside. And if you find those cameras, give them back to their rightful owner,

Bob Gucci, Tony, Jr. What are you going to do?