sits here. of course this is the investigator s screen. they can see what s going on. you have multiple monitors here that show what the cameras are seeing outside. do you want a beer? sure. why not? a foster s or bud light. rusty is right near the top of all the visitors at the storefront. rusty s talents are unique. most of the other people caught up in the fencing operation were fencing symptomen items. he is a counterfeiter. what rusty does basically is he takes a $5 bill, bleaches it with household chemicals and then uses a kopcopier to create
a storefront operation, fencing operation and get word out on the streets this is the place to bring stolen goods, cars, guns to counterfeit money, have the criminals bring in more criminals and essentially identify this huge pool of bad people and catch them in a sting operation and off the street. a nightmare. todd is a pretty significant player in this operation. pretty much he s one of those narratives throughout the investigation. he s there for a long time and brings in a lot of vehicles. one dude i was in prison with, did a little time with him, drove the mustang, cobra. is he here yet? i have two malibus. todd comes in with a virtual used car lot. he s got a chevy, a scion, a
no, just straight up luck around here, bro. i get pretty lucky. just to put it into perspective, you know, the value of the items brought into the fencing operation was something like a million dollars. the j.r. on his own brought in like a quarter of that. here is the thing, man, i m not trying to discredit this is the most expensive car anybody has brought us. so j.r. comes in with this bentley and they don t have enough cash on them to actually buy the thing. the police have a budget. they just can t go on forever buying stolen cars or give thousands of dollars for each one. so they give him a down payment and he comes back to get the rest of the cash money. they are worth like $10
just straight-up luck, bro. i get pretty lucky. just to put it into perspective, you know, the value of the items brought into the fencing operation was something like a million dollars. well, jr on his own brought in like a quarter of that. see, here is the thing. i m not trying to discredit the fact because this is the most expensive car anybody has ever brought us. is that right? dude, you set the bar, man. so j.r. comes in with this bentley, and they don t have enough cash on them to actually buy the bentley. the police have a budget here. they just can t, you know, go on forever buying stolen cars or give thousands of dollars for each one. so they give him a down payment. and then he comes back to get the rest of the cash. it s a summerhouse. they re worth like $10 billion. so i don t feel bad. if it was just an average joe, i [ bleep ] that.
during the course of a year we were given unprecedented access to undercover sting operations specifically designed to take some of the biggest criminals off the streets. until now, a very small percentage of that footage has ever been broadcast. from these raw tapes, we re able to give you a fascinating look into a rarely seen criminal world. the store front operation is essentially a place where crooks can bring stolen items and sell them. .38 special .357. the theory is that there are hundreds if not thousands of people in this town who make their living by getting up every morning and figuring out a crime to commit. and if the police could put together a store front operation, a fencing operation, and get word out on the street that this was the place to bring stolen goods, everything from cars to guns to counterfeit