Eighteen people have been collection what may be 1, the country's largest credit card fraud ring, a huge international fraud, cheats the credit rating agencies and use of thousands of false identity theft, at least $2 million, the federal authorities said Tuesday.
Elaborate plan including improved fake the cardholder's credit rating, make the cheater borrow more money, they never repay, the researchers said.
Special agent assistant is responsible for the federal bureau of investigation in the field of Newark office, said: "David WeiLaSiKaiZi," the use of their own virtual canteen complex fraud and plan, the main menu item is greed and deception.
In Newark, American lawyer Paul fe assorted mann, describes a complex jersey city concentration started in 2007, at least and countries business and cable money, Pakistan, India, the united Arab emirates, Canada, Romania, China and Japan.
Fishman said, at least in the 7000 team used false identity for more than 25000 credit card. He said, the investigators record $2 million loss, but the number may rise.
"By their greed and pride," phillips said, what man arrested people hurt the credit card company, consumer and "the rest of us interest rates and fees for processing, because the system criminals suck out of money."
The participants in the scheme set up more than 1800 email address, false utilities and other documents provide the credit card company seems to be legal address, investigators said. Authorities say, once they get the card, they began to do small cost, and ZhiFuKa, in order to improve its lines of credit.
Then, they send false reports, credit rating agencies, make its appear, the cardholder to pay off a debt, excellent credit rating and high credit limit set stage, the researchers said.
Fishman said credit limit increase, participants will take loans or the biggest credit card outstanding debts.
And he said, who gets the credit card often add conspiracy and false business authorized users, who can carry high credit rating and open other fraud customer high credit limit.
The group created at least 80 false enterprise, accept credit card payments, Fishman said. It will run through the fraud means get credit card machines, keep money, "he said.
In one case, the procuratorial organs accused the defendant had to use a 6 years old boy's social security number, to obtain a false utility bills, open the credit card account.
The plan for a luxury lifestyle accused, including spa, electronic products, limousine and millions of dollars in gold, Fishman said. In a RAID authorities say they found hidden in the oven to 68000 dollars.
Authority refers to a person to withdraw and cable $1.5 million from individual account, although there is no work. They claim that the other one of the defendants are linked and a false identity, stole 464 credit card $2.5 million and two false company received a $18000 in cash.
In jersey city a heavy India in some blocks of mutual jewelry store is closed, were detected and their inventory. All signs advertising gold jewelry. Their metal door is closed, they are the federal bureau of investigation agents guarded.
14 men appeared before a federal judge on Tuesday afternoon. The lawyer said, a man is a taxi driver, another car driver. Own property in New Jersey or New York, and say they are American citizens. Eight is released, and still be inside a Friday bail hearing.
Authorities say, a lot of the defendant's family relationships, including a father and son.
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