Posted: Monday, 19 May 2008 10:59AM
Phishing Scheme Linked to Connecticut
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's a Connecticut connection to an international crime ring involving identify theft and fraud.
Federal authorities have charged 38 people with stealing names, Social Security numbers, credit card data and other personal information from unsuspecting Internet users.
Indictments unsealed in Los Angeles and New Haven today ay a global crime ring sought to rip off thousands of consumers and hundreds of financial institutions.
The Justice Department announced the busts in two separate but related cases this morning during a trip by the deputy attorney general to Romania.
More than half of the people charged are Romanian, although the alleged scam also operated from the United States, Canada, Portugal and Pakistan. |
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