Police got this big break in the case. Reporter the id theft victims are from all over the bay area, from as far north as San Francisco to as far south as Santa Clara County. Theres a paper trail. Reporter investigators tonight are still going through a paper trail of stolen mail, and documents, uncovered last week inside a room at the avatar hotel off Great America parkway. Authorities say two san jose women staying here tried to use a fake credit card. When the hotel went to evict them, authorities found a lot more. There was a ton of stolen mail, there was notebooks, including peoples personal identifying information in there. Names, credit card information. Reporter Jennifer Deng says investigators noticed something strange in the bags of papers. A list of womens names with similar birth dates, which turned out to be a stolen patient list. Its horrifying that these people who are at such tough time in their lives are getting victimized by random strangers who dont care. Reporter de
Bay area, from as far north as San Francisco to as far south as Santa Clara County. Theres a paper trail. Reporter investigators tonight are still going through a paper trail of stolen mail, and documents, uncovered last week inside a room at the avatar hotel off Great America parkway. Authorities say two san jose women staying here tried to use a fake credit card. When the hotel went to evict them, authorities found a lot more. There was a ton of stolen mail, there was notebooks, including peoples personal identifying information in there. Names, credit card information. Reporter Jennifer Deng says investigators noticed something strange in the bags of papers. A list of womens names with similar birth dates, which turned out to be a stolen patient list. Its horrifying that these people who are at such tough time in their lives are getting victimized by random strangers who dont care. Reporter deng says the two women now charged in the case are accused of stealing the identities of mor