- http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/697
2008-03-07 - "New York City prosecutors announced on Thursday that 38 people had been indicted as part of a crackdown on a large identity-theft and counterfeit credit-card ring that operated in several parts of the United States as well as China and the Far East. The investigation into the alleged counterfeiting ring, dubbed "House of Cards," found that suppliers in China sent fraudulently obtained credit- and debit-card numbers to the defendants, who then manufactured counterfeit cards and identification... In the latest case, the individuals allegedly used the counterfeit charge cards in Arizona, New York and Texas, according to Thursday's statement. The investigation resulted in three indictments: the first accused 26 individuals of enterprise corruption, the second charged 34 of the defendants with identity theft, and the third charged five individuals with various counts of forgery, possession of counterfeiting equipment and grand larceny."
