[chadfree] ID theft ring busted

Secret Service busts suspected ID fraud ring
http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-5431419.html
Published: October 28, 2004, 4:37 PM PDT
By Robert Lemos Staff Writer, CNET News.com
               
In an investigation that led from online forums to a passport-forging
facility in Bulgaria, law enforcement officials arrested in the last 48
hours suspects from eight states and six foreign countries on charges of
identity theft, computer fraud, credit card fraud and conspiracy. 

Dubbing the enforcement action Operation Firewall, the Secret Service said
individuals working together stole more than 1.7 million credit card numbers
and other financial information costing more than $4.3 million. Federal law
enforcement agents--cooperating with officials from the United Kingdom,
Canada, Bulgaria, Belarus, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine and the Netherlands--have
arrested 28 suspects since Tuesday night and stressed that the investigation
continues.
++ means there is more on the web page
See also; 
www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/29/operation_firewall/ 
sf.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/1705028.php
news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/ security/0,39020375,39171958,00.htm


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