Certifiable Cities

Throughout the years with being involved in the wholesale industry I have realized trends in cities where there are companies that consistently prey upon other vendors by stealing handsets through the use of counterfeit cashiers checks or through canceled company checks. Brooklyn, Houston, Detroit (and surrounding cities), and Harlem are a few examples of areas that are occupied by crooked individuals. Houston and Detroit being the most disappointing since they are two of the fastest growing areas yet are laden with corrupt individuals which deter my interest in selling to new customers altogether. But the real question is why this continues to be an issue in these areas of the country. Are criminal charges for using fraudulent checks within the states of Michigan, Texas, New York so light that they can get away with it or is it due to the robust size of these metropolitan areas where law enforcement has other obligations to attend to besides felony theft?