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[update] Wesco credit card fraud case still under investigation
From: "Dissent" <Dissent () pogowasright org>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:07:07 -0500 (EST)
http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/299204692597690.bsp Federal officials are still trying to crack the credit card fraud case that apparently stemmed from late-summer purchases at Wesco fuel stations. They're also stepping up the pace to prevent identity-theft infractions in the future. [...] Murray said there is no reason to believe Wesco officials or employees had any part in the recent alleged credit card scam. [...] Wesco worked with U.S. Secret Service agents and the U.S. Attorney's office to identify possible fraud and identity theft that allegedly occurred between July 25 and Sept. 7 at some of the company's 51 Michigan facilities. Wesco spokeswoman Ginny Seyferth said Thursday that there has been no incidents of questionable credit card activity since Sept. 7. Some Tri-Cities residents experienced credit card statement charges during that timeframe from as far away as Tokyo, Spain and New York for purchases they denied making. Although Murray said he wasn't allowed to disclose details of the investigation, he said the fraudulent charges totaled more than $3 million, which would be one of the largest heists to occur during such a short-time period. "There have been some abusers identified," said Murray, who last month said several suspects were in custody. "We are taking steps to see if they can be interviewed, but they aren't necessarily the type of people who want to help law enforcement. We have no indication it was an inside job." [...] -- Privacy-related news and resources: http://www.pogowasright.org Privacy news headlines feed: http://www.pogowasright.org/backend/pogowasright.rss _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 143 million compromised records in 524 incidents over 6 years.
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