San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced this week that at least 30 people, including many white supremacists, have been arrested and charged in connection with a credit-card fraud ring. The fraud ring committed multiple crimes across the county including counterfeit, robbery and burglary, and drug possession. The group created fake $100 dollar bills, tapped into credit-card accounts by re-encoding the magnetic strips on gift cards, and traded methamphetamine and heroine for credit card information from hotel employees.   

The investigation into the ring, known as "Operation Blue Ray," was conducted from October 2009 until last month and involved the District Attorney's Office, the Secret Service, the San Diego Regional Fraud Task Force, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the San Diego Police Department. Dumanis said that the credit-card fraud ring was "one of the most organized counterfeiting operations" ever in San Diego County.