38 charged in international phishing scheme
 

WASHINGTON - Federal authorities have charged 38 people with stealing names, Social Security numbers, credit card data and other personal information from unsuspecting Internet users, the Justice Department said Monday.

Indictments unsealed in Los Angeles and New Haven, Conn., say a global crime ring sought to rip off thousands of consumers and hundreds of financial institutions.

The Justice Department announced the busts in two separate but related cases Monday morning during a trip by the deputy attorney general to Romania.
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*Source: Yahoo (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/...lLguiusjtBAF)*

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