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NY postal worker stealing & using credit cards
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:50:30 -0500
Sorta related question: would US Postal Service have any liability? http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-lipost225659376apr22,0,7641397.story Cops arrest Smithtown postal worker BY ANDREW SCHARFF April 22, 2008 A Smithtown postal worker was arrested after he stole credit cards from the mail and went on a shopping spree, authorities said. Paul Hank, 44, who has worked as a distribution clerk at the Smithtown Post Office for 15 years, used the cards to pay for clothing, meals at restaurants, computer equipment and power tools, Suffolk police said. Police were tipped off when consumers notified credit card companies that their new cards were not arriving through the mail, said Det. Lt. Robert Edwards of the Fourth Squad. The consumers didn't receive their new cards but they were getting bills with fraudulent charges on them, police said. Suffolk police used video surveillance from the retail stores where Hank, of Yaphank, shopped, Edwards said. The purchases were made starting perhaps as long ago as December, police said. Authorities arrested Hank after a two-month-long investigation conducted jointly by the Fourth and Sixth squads along with agents of the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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