“Authorities are outlining the workings of a New York-based cybercrime ring accused of using stolen credit-card numbers for a cross-country Apple store shopping spree,” The Associated Press reports.
“Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. and the U.S. Secret Service detailed the roughly $1 million case at a news conference Wednesday,” AP reports. “Arrests of 27 suspects began Tuesday. Authorities say they seized three guns, $300,000 in cash, and bank accounts during the investigation.”
AP reports, “The group is accused of obtaining stolen account numbers online from underground data brokers, then forging credit cards.”
Full article here.
Nuke the pricks…
Would have praised them if it was Dell……
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I heard they’re now accepting food stamps for zunes at the Microsoft Store.
Grrr another two web sites — Washington Post and New York District Attorney’s Office — who refuse to put email addresses on site.
I am probably another victim of this credit card fraud ring. But I live half a planet and many time zones away. So phone complaints are no use to me. Why the f&^*king hell does this growing list of web sites think it’s good business practice to omit email addresses? PGP Corp is the gold standard but Apple, eBay, PayPal, Skype, Google and now these two new additions to my growing list. Why? WHY???
you can’t figure out how to email the Washington Post, DA office, Apple?
Hang them by their balls and treat ’em like a pinata.