In a press release, the Queen’s County District Attorney announced that an international forged credit card and identity theft ring based in the New York- metropolitan area and with roots in Nigeria has been successfully dismantled following the indictment this week of forty-five individuals. The ring – which was comprised of three separate identity theft and forged credit card groups that employed multiple cells – is alleged to have been responsible for stealing the credit cards and personal credit information of thousands of American and Canadian consumers, costing these individuals, as well as financial institutions and retail businesses, more than $12 million in losses over the past year alone.
The Providence Journal reports three men and a woman used identity theft to get access to the credit-card accounts of more than 50 people at Bank of America and Citibank and then ran up more than $500,000 in bills at casinos, retail stores and car service centers, according to a federal indictment. The accused allegedly gathered identification information of the victims, which included names, birthdates, addresses and Social Security numbers. That information was then used to create false temporary drivers’ licenses in the victims’ names The indictment alleges that the men used a number of “ruses” to get duplicates of the victims’ credit cards from the two banks.
In a press release, the Queen’s County District Attorney announced that an international forged credit card and identity theft ring based in the New York- metropolitan area and with roots in Nigeria has been successfully dismantled following the indictment this week of forty-five individuals. The ring – which was comprised of three separate identity theft and forged credit card groups that employed multiple cells – is alleged to have been responsible for stealing the credit cards and personal credit information of thousands of American and Canadian consumers, costing these individuals, as well as financial institutions and retail businesses, more than $12 million in losses over the past year alone.
The Providence Journal reports three men and a woman used identity theft to get access to the credit-card accounts of more than 50 people at Bank of America and Citibank and then ran up more than $500,000 in bills at casinos, retail stores and car service centers, according to a federal indictment. The accused allegedly gathered identification information of the victims, which included names, birthdates, addresses and Social Security numbers. That information was then used to create false temporary drivers’ licenses in the victims’ names The indictment alleges that the men used a number of “ruses” to get duplicates of the victims’ credit cards from the two banks.
