> Subject: > Mobsters admit ?5m card fraud plot > Date: > Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:50:36 -0500 > From: > "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Digital Bearer Settlement List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > --- begin forwarded text > > > From: Somebody > To: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Mobsters admit ?5m card fraud plot > Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:37:47 -0000 > > http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/html/news/top_direct_london.html > > Mobsters admit ?5m card fraud plot > > by Colin Freeman > Details of one of Britain's most sophisticated credit card frauds were > revealed today when two Russian mobsters appeared in court accused of > running a London card-cloning factory. > > Using computer equipment bought for as little as ?2,500, Vladimir Stroguine, > 44, of West Hendon, and Alexander Tanov, 33, of Streatham, were producing > near-perfect cards which could easily have netted them up to ?5 million. > Both have admitted charges of conspiracy to defraud at Southwark Crown > Court. They were due to be sentenced today but the case was adjourned > pending reports. > > The method, known as skimming, involved recruiting eastern Europeans working > in hotels and restaurants across London who would use machines to copy > information from the magnetic strips on customers' credit cards. > > This would be passed on to the gang's factory in Hendon where it would be > placed on faked cards. Customers only realised a crime had been committed > when a bill arrived or the bank got in touch. The computer equipment could > even copy the intricate security holograms on Visa and Mastercards. > > The discovery of the factory, the first of its kind found in the UK, > prompted warnings from experts today that the industry faced a "tremendous > threat" from other gangs. > > --- end forwarded text > > > -- > ----------------- > R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> > 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA > "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, > [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to > experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' > -- http://www.constructiongigs.com/ Use gold as money. It's easy. Create a free e-gold account here: http://www.e-gold.com/e-gold.asp?cid=101670 ConstructionGigs.com's PGP public key is here: http://www.constructiongigs.com/assets/DH-DSSkey.txt Fingerprint: 3C4D A63F 3C8B 2D7B 7E1A FFE8 9A2E 4D78 CAD6 66B7 --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
