Police smash UK's biggest credit card fraud ring

[Anne & Lynn Wheeler]

here is example of downloading the database ... but not (necessarily) over 
the internet ... and not involving internet transactions.

not in general there is some amount of counterfeit cards going on from 
skimming. There are even reports in the UK press ... of counterfeit 
EMV  (chip) "yes cards" being produced.

the initial "847" in the following seems a little inconsistent 2m to 20m in 
fraud ... maybe it was 8 thousand or 80 thousand ... not 847

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/32704.html

Police smash UK's biggest credit card fraud ring
By Drew Cullen
Posted: 08/09/2003 at 13:14 GMT

Three men are facing long jail sentences after pleading guilty, Friday 
(Sept. 5) to running the UK's biggest ever credit card fraud at Middlesex 
Guildhall Crown Court.

The trio stole details of 847 cards of Heathrow Express rail passengers who 
had paid for their journey by credit cards. They passed on the infor a gang 
of forgers who cloned 8,790 credit cards for use in the UK and on the 
Continent. The cloners were able to use only 10 per cent of the numbers, 
pocketing £2m for the gang. Police estimate that the gang could have gained 
£20m if all the credit card numbers had been used.

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