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- http://www.theregist..._id_theft_scam/
28 August 2009 - "The US Federal Reserve Board chairman has become the latest high-profile public figure to fall victim to identity theft. Ben Bernanke, whose day job leaves him in charge of the US money supply, became the victim of fraud after a pick pocket stole his wife's handbag from a Starbucks shop in Washington's Eastern Market. Credit cards, cheque books, cash and a driver's license were taken as a result. This information was used to pass fraudulent cheques in Bernanke's name. Despite his status in the banking industry, no immediate alarm bells appear to have rung. The fraud was eventually detected and linked to a wider bank fraud racket that led to the indictment of 22 suspects earlier this week. Mail theft, pickpocketing and corrupt insiders were all allegedly used by the gang in order to build up profiles on prospective marks before establishing fraudulent lines of credit..."
> http://www.newsweek.com/id/213696
