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Online ID fraud ring shutdown PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tim, gleaned from cnet.com   
Friday, 29 October 2004 09:03
The US Secret Service in conjunction with authorities in six foreign countries have arrested 28 people in the last 48 hours on charges of identity theft, computer fraud, credit card fraud and conspiracy. Dubbed Operation Firewall, the Secret Service identified a group of people who stole over 1.7 million credit card numbers as well as a passport-forging facility in Bulgaria.

The investigation started in July 2003 when the Secret Service began investigating an unspecified financial crime. They identified the website shadowcrew.com whose members traded tutorials and information about identity theft and forgery and exchanged sensitive personal and financial information. The Shadowcrew website has now been taken completely offline, however a press release about the operation was published there for several days as a warning to visitors.
 

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