U.S. Indicts 11 in Credit Card and Identity Fraud Ring
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| U.S. Indicts 11 in Credit Card and Identity Fraud Ring, ( Web Page, 27 Kb ) | |
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| 1 Oct 2008 | |
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| Counterfeiting, Customs Enforcement, Cybercrime, White Collar Crime | |
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| United States, Turkey, Ukraine | |
Bruce Zagaris
"On August 5, 2008, two grand juries indicted eleven perpetrators allegedly involved in the hacking of nine major U.S. retailers and the theft and sale of more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers involved in numerous crimes, including conspiracy, computer intrusion, fraud and identity theft. The scheme is believed to constitute the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The ring was truly international. Three of the defendants are U.S. citizens. One defendant is from Estonia. Three are from Ukraine, while two are from the People’s Republic of China, and one is from Belarus. One defendant is only known by an online alias, and his place of origin is not known...[more]"