the initial "847" seems a little inconsistent 2m to 20m in fraud ... maybe it was 8 thousand or 80 thousand ... not 847
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/32704.html Police smash UK's biggest credit card fraud ring By Drew Cullen Posted: 08/09/2003 at 13:14 GMT Three men are facing long jail sentences after pleading guilty, Friday (Sept. 5) to running the UK's biggest ever credit card fraud at Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court. The trio stole details of 847 cards of Heathrow Express rail passengers who had paid for their journey by credit cards. They passed on the infor a gang of forgers who cloned 8,790 credit cards for use in the UK and on the Continent. The cloners were able to use only 10 per cent of the numbers, pocketing £2m for the gang. Police estimate that the gang could have gained £20m if all the credit card numbers had been used. ... snip .. -- Internet trivia, 20th anv: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/rfcietff.htm
