The action
NEW YORK (AP) — Bank tellers, restaurant workers and other service employees in New York lifted credit card data from residents and foreign tourists as part of an identity theft ring that stretched to China, Europe and the Middle East and victimized thousands, authorities said Friday.
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.
The reaction
People are saying:
1) My picture is on my drivers license. Not on my credit card. Why is that? People are not that stupid are they? If the pic on the card does not match the shopper that there might be a little problem?
2) First of all, the scheme's critical elements were not technological: they used bank tellers and restaurant employees. And second, why don't US credit card companies install security microchips if banks in other countries are using them already?
3) Once these thieves are convicted, how about publicizing their personal info such as photos, ht, wt, eye color, dob, birth date and place, SS number, you know, the works?
Seek treble damages under RICO, and do not forget to go for income tax evasion and seize any and all assets associated with these crimes.
4) At least the NYPD did something to catch the perps. Someone in the state of Washington used my debit card info to puchase high end items online - cameras, programs, phones, etc etc. I knew about it the same day it was happening - called the web stores where the purchases were made, and ended up with the perp's name, address, phone number, and shipping information. I took this to the Springfield, IL PD, who took the information from me, then said that they probably wouldn't do anything with it. I also called the PD in the town in Washington where she lived (where the merchandise was to have been shipped), and before I gave them the information, they flatly told me they wouldn't do anything either. Huh - go figure. Several thousand dollars worth of merchandise that, had I not been so quick to intervene and stop the shipments, would have gone the way of the stuff listed above. And the cops sat back and did NOTHING!!!! Nice to know we're being well-protected by our men in blue. =-(
5) The penalties should be swift and extremely harsh, the result of their activities destroy people's lives.
6) Now go after the Banksters and Wall Street they stole much more than $3 million in 2008, Obama's lame excuse that "while immoral were not criminal" is crap !!!
7) Try that in a small town. Sorry, everyone knows you. Little chance for it to happen.
NEW YORK (AP) — Bank tellers, restaurant workers and other service employees in New York lifted credit card data from residents and foreign tourists as part of an identity theft ring that stretched to China, Europe and the Middle East and victimized thousands, authorities said Friday.
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.
The reaction
People are saying:
1) My picture is on my drivers license. Not on my credit card. Why is that? People are not that stupid are they? If the pic on the card does not match the shopper that there might be a little problem?
2) First of all, the scheme's critical elements were not technological: they used bank tellers and restaurant employees. And second, why don't US credit card companies install security microchips if banks in other countries are using them already?
3) Once these thieves are convicted, how about publicizing their personal info such as photos, ht, wt, eye color, dob, birth date and place, SS number, you know, the works?
Seek treble damages under RICO, and do not forget to go for income tax evasion and seize any and all assets associated with these crimes.
4) At least the NYPD did something to catch the perps. Someone in the state of Washington used my debit card info to puchase high end items online - cameras, programs, phones, etc etc. I knew about it the same day it was happening - called the web stores where the purchases were made, and ended up with the perp's name, address, phone number, and shipping information. I took this to the Springfield, IL PD, who took the information from me, then said that they probably wouldn't do anything with it. I also called the PD in the town in Washington where she lived (where the merchandise was to have been shipped), and before I gave them the information, they flatly told me they wouldn't do anything either. Huh - go figure. Several thousand dollars worth of merchandise that, had I not been so quick to intervene and stop the shipments, would have gone the way of the stuff listed above. And the cops sat back and did NOTHING!!!! Nice to know we're being well-protected by our men in blue. =-(
5) The penalties should be swift and extremely harsh, the result of their activities destroy people's lives.
6) Now go after the Banksters and Wall Street they stole much more than $3 million in 2008, Obama's lame excuse that "while immoral were not criminal" is crap !!!
7) Try that in a small town. Sorry, everyone knows you. Little chance for it to happen.
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