O.C. fraudster arrested at a storage facility in Irvine had credit card skimming devices

Last night, the Irvine Police Department’s Directed Enforcement Team (DET) arrested a self-proclaimed “Fraud God.”

DET made contact with him outside a storage facility on Warner and found him carrying multiple fraudulent documents and narcotics.

During a search of his storage unit, DET found credit card skimmers (devices that record credit card numbers), fraudulent DMV paperwork, card printers, and other tools of the fraudulent trade.

Ryan John Hein, 44, of Yorba Linda, was arrested and booked at our jail on numerous charges, including narcotics and fraud.

DET is further investigating the case for consideration of additional charges.

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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