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ID thiefs arrested
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:21:22 -0600
From the Sherman Texas Herald Democrat http://tinyurl.com/2ypoup SHERMAN — In what might turn out to be a multistate or national criminal operation, Sherman Police jailed four Metroplex-area residents Wednesday morning after finding them in possession of identity and financial information belonging to thousands of people. Six others are also considered suspects. [...] It was when they declined to let them into the second room that the officers, because there was marijuana found, called narcotics agents to the scene, who in turn obtained a search warrant. The search uncovered four laptop computers inside the second room, and in vehicles later determined to have been rentals, plus a color printer, several briefcases, and a two-drawer metal filing cabinet, tossed into the back seat of one of those vehicles with its keys in the lock. The file cabinet and briefcases were filled with thousands of people's personal identity, IRS tax information, banking information, credit reports, and other financial information. So much information is there, said one narcotics officer, that they will be asking other agencies for help in sorting through the evidence. [...] The police didn't want to rush with the felony charges now, Dawsey said, because they have so much information and evidence to sift through that they don't want to compromise the case. Police have determined that each of the 10 people involved are U.S. citizens, but have Nigerian connections. None could show proof of employment, so the police department, under state law, will begin civil forfeiture procedures on the cash. _______________________________________________ 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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