By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A DEA program manager from Maryland has been charged in a fraudulent scheme involving DEA credit cards. She’s charged with using the cards to withdraw from ATM machines about $115,000 for her own use. Keenya Meshell Banks, age 41, of Upper Marlboro, Md. is charged in a criminal complaint with access…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When you hand over your credit card, be careful what happens to it. The Secret Service is reporting an increasing number of cases of credit card “skimming,” or thieves copying information on the card, the South Jersey Times reports. The information, such as the name, card number and expiration date, often is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two dozen people were arrested in 13 countries following a two-year FBI sting designed to catch credit card thieves, the New York Times reports. The FBI created a website that appeared to contain credit card numbers and software to spy on computers so authorities could capture hackers, according to the Times. “These…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Here’s a record-breaker for the kinkiest financial fraud: Allegations in a fed probe in Georgia suggest the leader of a credit card cloning ring demanded his co-conspirators, in order to prove themselves, had to engage in sexual acts with him, other men and women while being videotaped, reports the Athens Banner-Herald…
By Danny Fenster tickelthewire.com Some unlucky shoppers fell victim to a credit and debit card-skimming operation in Northern California at the unfortunately named Lucky supermarket in San Leandro recently. The market is the 24th in Northern California to be victimized by such a scheme, according to ABC News. More than 500 customers called Lucky about…
