Start your day with intelligence. Get The OODA Daily Pulse.

Home > Briefs > xArchives > 17 Charged With ID Theft In Arizona, Linked To Foreign Phishers

17 Charged With ID Theft In Arizona, Linked To Foreign Phishers

A dozen Arizona residents have been arrested and charged with using stolen credit and debit card numbers obtained from overseas phishers, Tucson police said as an indictment was unveiled earlier this week. The gang — 17 were named in the indictment, but the remaining five are still at large — used the card numbers and other personal information supplied by foreign phishers to make counterfeit bank or credit cards, said police and the U.S. Secret Service. They then wired $300,000 — half of the stolen proceeds — to their overseas suppliers. Full Story