A thief broke into a car last week and hit the jackpot: a wealthy lawyer's wallet. He used the credit cards and IDs to check himself into a luxe hotel on Nob Hill, then ordered a raft of computer equipment with the credit card and had it delivered to him at the hotel. (That's how police, tipped off about the missing wallet, found him.)
But it gets better. The thief, one Wilson Lee, also used the credit card to buy himself an iPod -- from a hotel vending machine! The story anticipates the reader saying "Wha--?!" and assures us:
(Such machines are increasingly common at hotels, airports and other venues.)Really? Who knew? Anyway, it's not just that -- when police checked the iPod, they found not the greatest hits of Ga-yum-yan or Jay Chou, but credit card and other personal data from hundreds of people, including SF Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi.
The story makes it sound as if all this happened very quickly, but if you read all the way to the bottom, it turns out it took almost a year for the cops to catch the guy, as he stayed in luxury hotels ordering thousands of dollars worth of computer quipment, then turning around and selling it for cash.
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