The credit card belonging to one of Matt Gaetz's campaign arms was recently stolen, and the thief went on a small spending spree at an Apple Store while in possession of the card number. While Gaetz himself might not be in trouble, this event shows that thieves are well aware of the cash-flush campaign accounts that candidates set up, and they know that there isn't constant monitoring of these accounts, either. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what's happening. Link - https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-apple-fraud-charges/ Check out our merch by visiting our store: https://www.buyrof.com/ Subscribe to our podcast: http://www.ROFPodcast.com/ Become a member today!: null Support us by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon, and help keep progressive media alive!: https://www.patreon.com/TheRingofFire Spread the word! LIKE and SHARE this video or leave a comment to help direct attention to the stories that matter. And SUBSCRIBE to stay connected with Ring of Fire's video content! Support Ring of Fire by subscribing to our YouTube channel: null Be sociable! Follow us on: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RingofFireRadio Twitter: https://twitter.com/RingofFireMedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ringoffirenetwork/ *This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos. A credit card belonging to the Friends of Matt Gates political action committee, which of course is the name implies as a Matt gae fundraising, uh, uh, uh, operation. They recently had their credit card number stolen and the thief decided to go on a bit of a, I guess we'll call it a mini spending spree at Apple because they only spent, you know, $364 with the stolen credit card. But they spent it all at the Apple store and in their campaign filings last week, friends of Matt Gates had to admit like, yeah, hey, um, oopsy, we, we, we lost our card number and it got stolen. So these aren't really our charges and they're gonna get reversed. We just, and when they do, we're gonna submit like the filing showing they were reversed. So don't hold it against us that we don't have receipts for these things, cuz it was totally the card being stolen. Now I will say I do 100% believe them that the card number got stolen. And again, I don't even actually know if it was the card number or the card itself. Either way, fraudulent charges, they shouldn't have a problem. But what is a problem, of course, is that this isn't the first time this year that thieves have managed to get their hands on a campaign, fundraising arms credit card. In fact, in recent months, this is actually the fourth time that this has happened. And there's a very clear reason why thieves are starting to target this. They know that these campaign fight, they, the Super pacs, the pacs, whatever it is, they have millions and millions of dollars. Okay? You're talking about these massive accounts that for the most part are not monitored every single day like your personal bank account would be, right? So a thief steals your bank card, they go out there and they start making purchases. What's gonna happen? You're either gonna get a notification from your bank immediately. I know that's what's happened the few times it's happened to me. And they'll say like, Hey, here's a weird charge. Is this you? And you say No. Also, if you're like me checking your bank account every day just to see what you got in there, make sure everything's okay, you would notice fraudulent charges probably within, you know, 24 to 12 hours when you're talking about a campaign arm that has millions of dollars and is spending money on all kinds of things, whether it's food, travel, computers, stereo equipment, liquor, none of those is gonna set off those flags with those banks like a, like it would with a personal credit card. So thieves can just have all kinds of fun before they even get caught. And as I mentioned, we already have four people in the last couple months that this has happened to and, and, and I do think it's worth noting, not sure if this is part of a pattern or if it's just dumb luck, but all four of those people, including Matt Gates, obviously Republicans, so thieves are targeting Republican members of Congress, their campaign arms and stealing their numbers and spending all their money. So I'm not sure if maybe it's because Republicans just have worse security if they're the ones not looking over their own shoulders to make sure their campaign finances are all on track. Or maybe it's because the thieves think, Hey, Republicans get more money. They got all that corporate money coming in, maybe we'll get a piece of that. Whatever it is.