Police in Detroit are looking for a gang of elderly-looking women, dubbed the 'Mad Hatters,' who are believed to be responsible for a string of robberies, purse snatching and fraud.
According to police, the suspects typically target a woman's wallet or purse before using credit cards and cheques in local stores or at banks to extract cash.
CCTV photographs supplied by police show the elderly-looking women wearing floppy hats at the time of the incidents in a crude attempt to disguise their faces.
Purse-snatching crimes are not uncommon, but what is unusual is the organized nature of the crimes.