UK Cops track credit card fraudsters
UK Police are closing in on terror bosses who bribe shop workers to
pinch credit card details so they can steal cash to fund their vile
outrages.
Garage attendants, waiters and newsagents are paid hundreds to pass
on card details or clone them.
Groups like al-Qaeda and the Tigers then empty the bank accounts and
use the money to run terror cells.
Fraud expert John Lyons said: "Terrorists are raising millions
through identity theft."
Officers in 'Operation Trammel' now monitor suspects to see if their
lifestyles reflect the amount of cash they are believed to have stolen
or if they are passing it on. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said:
"Operation Trammel is a pro-active nationwide police operation to
detect, disrupt and deter individuals who provide financial support to
international terrorists by committing cheque and credit card fraud."
The Tigers were believed to have organized a credit card sting
involving up to 200 UK petrol stations in 2007.
And cops are probing a fraud which saw devices placed in chip and pin
readers in 40 UK supermarkets. The devices transmitted card details by
wireless technology to Pakistan.
Lyons, of Business Risk Innovations, said: "These are well-organized
criminal enterprises. Some of these groups have entire families with 10
or 20 people working for them."
Tory MP Patrick Mercer, who advised Gordon Brown on fighting
terrorism, said: "Our enemies are using these methods more and more
frequently." News of the World, UK |