19 crooks, 7,000 false identities, 1,800 drop addresses, and $200 million in credit card fraud

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See? In this country, hard work pays off.

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Nice Hamilton reference there :slight_smile:

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Yeah, my first reaction was “Wow. That’s a lot of work” but my second was “Wow. That’s a lot of money.”

I wonder what specifically they used the credit for and how much work it took to turn it into cash.

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Step one, steal the shit, step two, sell the stolen shit on Craig’s list or eBay or letgo or pawn shops or…

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“19 crooks, 7,000 false identities, 1,800 drop addresses, and $200 million in credit card fraud”

Wow, modernising Twelve Days of Christmas really didn’t improve its catchiness…

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