Charles Taylor, Adrian Gallegos, Lauran Wellborn, and Daniele Pedrol all appeared in front of a judge on Sunday.

Charles Taylor, Adrian Gallegos, Lauran Wellborn, and Daniele Pedrol all appeared in front of a judge on Sunday.
"Pretty much anywhere that there's a piece of paper with someone's identifiers these individuals would use those means to obtain that," said Deputy District Attorney Robin Hammer.
Documents showed the large number people involved in this alleged ring broke into cars and went dumpster diving to get information that helped defraud financial institutions and individuals.
"Basically, they're writing fraudulent checks," said Chief Deputy DA Deborah Depalo. "They're using other people's credit cards and id to charge up purchases for themselves. They're essential stealing people identities and stealing their money as well."
"We're also learning that this Racketeering Ring is directly related to drugs, in fact court documents state that one of the suspects told police about a meth lab inside this storage company," said Will Carr.
Action 7 News arrived on the scene shortly after that meth bust at the end of January. Court documents state Lauran Wellborn told police "the owner of the company stays on the property and provides security for the cooks when they go in to make their meth."
"The criminals use methamphetamine, they also use heroine. So identities have a market value and those are traded freely in exchange for drugs, quite often that happens," said Deputy District Attorney Robin Hammer.
Authorities are still looking for six additional suspects in this case and tell us there could be many more as their investigation unfolds.
Authorities said they warn consumers should monitor their credit reports, to make sure their identity has not been stolen.