2-Year ID Theft Investigation Yields 86 Arrests; 25 More Sought 154
angry tapir writes with this bit from TechWorld: "Prosecutors call it the biggest identity theft bust in U.S. history. 111 bank tellers, retail workers, waiters and alleged criminals were charged with running a credit-card-stealing organization that stole more than $US13 million in less than a year-and-a-half. 'This is by far the largest — and certainly among the most sophisticated — identity theft/credit card fraud cases that law enforcement has come across,' the Queens County District Attorney's office said in a statement announcing the arrests."
Identity "theft" (Score:5, Funny)
It's not theft, if you still have the ability to use the identity. I just made a copy.
What, why are so mad at me?
Re:This is thanks to Bush's failed policies. (Score:5, Funny)
improves my opinion of banks (Score:5, Funny)
This significantly improves my opinion of banks. I knew that they were full of the kind of people who would hold the economy hostage and demand a bailout from the federal government because they were too big to fail. I knew they were full of the kind of people who would robo-sign documents fraudulently, sometimes causing families to be kicked out of their houses by mistake. I knew they were full of the kind of people who would convince working people to sign mortgages that the banks knew they could never repay, based on income information that the banks knew was fraudulent.
Now I find out that that isn't the only kind of person who works at banks. There are apparently some who aren't criminal masterminds, just workaday crooks. Small-time white-collar criminals who deal with Russian gangsters during the week to make an extra buck, but on the weekends go home and coach their kids' soccer teams. Very refreshing.
Re:This is thanks to Bush's failed policies. (Score:4, Funny)
This is why I make my credit score low by being late paying credit bills, not paying other things, etc.
I have been sent to credit collectors a few times, I would pay a little then wait a year and pay a little... etc.
You want my identity? Fine... you have to work for my credit line... sucker!