Biggest identity theft bust of its type in U.S. history

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Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Police said on Friday they eavesdropped on thieves speaking Russian, Mandarin and Arabic to make the biggest identity theft bust of its kind in U.S. history against a $13 million crime ring specializing mainly in selling Apple electronics overseas.

Authorities said "Operation Swiper" indicted 111 people from five criminal enterprises in Queens, New York, the nation's most ethnically diverse county, where 138 languages are spoken and more than half the population is foreign born.

"The schemes and the imagination of these thieves is mind boggling," said New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly at a press conference.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-crime-idtheft-idUSTRE7965TS20111007

[UpInArms]

1. it's always good to see the bad guys get stopped

just doesn't happen often enought

[NBachers]

2. Good