The Marion County SO is responsible for collecting and analyzing intelligence data from the agencies involved in the investigation. The combination of CrimeNtel’s data warehousing system and Wynyard Advanced Crime Analytics will allow crime analysts across the country to input and access data and discover relationships, insights, patterns, anomalies and timelines that can be used to identify and prosecute suspects successfully.
Wynyard Advanced Crime Analytics will let investigators and analysts perform link analysis, mapping, visualization and other techniques to discover relationships between suspects and gain often unexpected insights that can aid investigators to solve crimes faster and more efficiently.
“We believe this new combination of technology from Wynyard and CI Technologies will be a major advantage for our analysts and will help us move faster and work smarter in a variety of ways,” said Jeff Hammer, an intelligence analyst with the Marion County SO. “This gang continues to spread quickly, but putting crime solving analytics in the hands of investigators and intelligence analysts will help keep us ahead of these criminals.”
The Felony Lane Gang acquired its name based on the gang’s habit of using the furthest lane from video cameras and tellers of drive-through bank branches to cash stolen checks of up to $2,000. Using checkbooks and ID cards stolen from vehicles, the gang employs or coerces local recruits who resemble the victims to conduct the fraud. The thieves often used wigs in order to look more like their victims. The gang’s success with this technique has seen them grow and spread into at least 34 states, even after a number of gang members have been convicted and imprisoned.
The losses are not confined just to the theft victims and their banks. Rental car companies and insurers have suffered losses as well, since the gang often uses rental cars which are then abandoned.
