(Behind the table) L to R Hialeah Main Office Window/Distribution Clerk Marylin Betancourt, USPIS General Analyst Damaris Murphy, and Hialeah Supervisor/Customer Service Support Veronica Ortega. (In front of the table) L to R: Retail Specialist Joann White-Roberts, Sun Sentinel Reporter Linda Trischitta, and Business Service Network Representative Vivian Plather.National Consumer Protection Week kicked off in the lobby of the South Florida Retail Unit in Pembroke Pines earlier this week.
South Florida District Manager Jeffrey A. Becker gave opening remarks. Commander Michael J. Calderin of the Broward Sheriff's Office, Bertha Mitrani, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida, and Jeffrey Kay, Department Chief, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida, were guest speakers.
"My phone rings daily, off the hook," said Kay. "South Florida is one of the leading fraud areas in the country, and is home for every conceivable kind of fraud imaginable."
At the crime prevention event, a united front against fraud was presented by Broward Sheriff's Office, Cintas (free document shredding), Florida Office of Financial Regulation, Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Miami-Dade Police Department, Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, U.S. Department of Justice, and U.S. Secret Service. These agencies distributed free information on identity theft and fraudulent scheme prevention.
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