Monday, October 10, 2011
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press
Submitted by: T.Hawkins
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press
Submitted by: T.Hawkins
100 Busted In NYC Identity Theft Ring
NEW YORK (AP) Oct. 7, 2011 — New York authorities arrested over a 100 service employees, including bank tellers and restaurant workers, who allegedly skimmed credit card data from residents and foreign tourists as part of a world-wide identity theft ring that stretched from the U.S. to China, Europe and the Middle East and victimized thousands.
[AP] In total, 111 people were charged and 86 are in custody; the others are still being sought. Five separate criminal enterprises operating out of Queens were dismantled. They were hit with hundreds of charges, said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, calling it the largest fraud case he'd ever seen in his two decades in office.
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