 Wysłany: Pią 11:58, 10 Sty 2014 Temat postu: More than 100 arrested in massive NYC theft ring |
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| More than 100 arrested in massive NYC theft ring
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 enterprise had been operating since at least 2010 and included at least one bank and restaurants, mostly in Queens. Different members of the criminal enterprise would steal card information online.The numbers were then given to teams of manufacturers,[url=http://www.holisteroutlet.cc]hollister outlet[/url], who would forge Visas, MasterCards, Discover and American Express cards. Realistic identifications were made with the stolen data.The plastic would be given to teams of criminal "shoppers" for spending sprees at higherend stores including Apple, Bloomingdale's and Macy's. The groups would then resell the merchandise oversees to locations in China, Europe and the Middle East. The suspects also charged pricey hotel rooms and rented private jets and fancy cars, prosecutors said.Detectives with language skills spent hours translating Russian, Farsi and Arabic during the investigation, Kelly said."The credit card companies do a good job at keeping their customers happy," he said. "So if you're a victim of a loss . you will get your money back. They also work very diligently in partnership with us providing us information that we need to investigate these cases."And, Kelly said, criminals are getting more sophisticated. "Thieves have an amazing knowledge of how to use technology," he said. In one example, they tried to lift what they believed to be expensive electronics from a hangar at John F. Kennedy Airport, like something out of the movie "Goodfellas." They were stopped by police, and the loot turned out to be construction tools the thieves had taken the wrong package by mistake, Antonsen said. |
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