Prosecutor: Debit card crime ring busted

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http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-6049290.html

Law enforcement officials in New Jersey have arrested 14 people in 
connection with a crime spree that has forced banks across the nation to 
replace hundreds of thousands of debit cards.

The suspects, all U.S. citizens, are accused of using stolen credit and 
debit card information to produce counterfeit cards that were used to make 
fraudulent purchases and withdrawals from card-holder accounts, Hudson 
County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said. Most of the arrests were made 
during the past two weeks.

Some of the stolen credit card information came from the office-supply 
chain OfficeMax as well as North Carolina's State Employees' Credit Union 
and other businesses, DeFazio told CNET News.com on Monday. "We had 
cooperation from the security people from many victimized businesses," he 
said.

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