–Credit Card Fraudsters Sentenced
(May 10, 2007)
Five people convicted of what UK police called a "sophisticated" credit card fraud scheme have received jail sentences of as long as five-and-a-half years. The group possessed 32,000 stolen credit card numbers. Officials suspect the stolen data came from a US database. The five used the stolen credit card numbers to fund a profligate lifestyle.
All have been recommended for deportation upon completion of their sentences.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23395784-details/Britain's+biggest+credit+card+fraudsters+jailed+for+over+five+years+each/article.do
[Editor's Note (Northcutt): The photo mug shots are priceless, worth clicking on the link.
(((Boy, I'll say. Lo, look upon the very face of black-global cyberorganized crime:)))
[Speaking of link, all the articles on this subject refer to a "link man" from Estonia. This is a new term for me, and I couldn't find it commonly used outside of the article. The following snippet from the story is also illuminating: "The computer encryption systems which were used were very sophisticated and they have to some extent, despite police efforts, defied attempts to decode them." Shucks, in another couple thousand years you'll have it, keep at it is my advice
*grin*.]
