US police bust big crime ring
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October 9, 2011, Sunday
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A NEW York-based crime ring that used forged credit cards to mainly buy and resell Apple products overseas has been busted, police said on Friday in what was described as the largest identity fraud case in US history.
Authorities said waiters and service sector workers stole customers' personal information and syndicates in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia then used the data to issue credit cards that financed an estimated US$13 million shopping spree.
"The schemes and the imagination of these thieves is mind-boggling," New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
"These crimes are getting more sophisticated and thieves have amazing knowledge of how to use technology," Kelly said.
A total of 111 people from five criminal enterprises operating out of Queens, New York, were indicted with identity theft, forgery, robbery and other crimes as part of a two-year investigation, police said.
They said crime bosses received blank credit cards from suppliers in Russia, Libya, Lebanon and China and hired "skimmers" to pose as retail workers who used electronic devices to steal the credit card data from customers.
Authorities said waiters and service sector workers stole customers' personal information and syndicates in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia then used the data to issue credit cards that financed an estimated US$13 million shopping spree.
"The schemes and the imagination of these thieves is mind-boggling," New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
"These crimes are getting more sophisticated and thieves have amazing knowledge of how to use technology," Kelly said.
A total of 111 people from five criminal enterprises operating out of Queens, New York, were indicted with identity theft, forgery, robbery and other crimes as part of a two-year investigation, police said.
They said crime bosses received blank credit cards from suppliers in Russia, Libya, Lebanon and China and hired "skimmers" to pose as retail workers who used electronic devices to steal the credit card data from customers.
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