From: "Phil Payne" 

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:44dea548$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> The fact remains clerks at wall mart weren't reporting people for buying
> 1000's of cell phones PRIOR to the leaks.

Actually, they were.  The first case was well before the leaks.  And there
have been others that have attracted less publicity:

http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_219195032.html

Two foreigners from the Republic of Georgia were found in Murrysville with
a van filled with 15 prepaid cell phones and $4,200 in cash.

(Sloppy journalism.  "Filled"?)

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