Feds nab more members of supposed identity theft ring

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December 8, 2008 (Computerworld) Federal authorities say they accept taken addition footfall against busting a bunch identity-theft ring that allegedly acclimated baseborn claimed abstracts to abjure millions of dollars from home disinterestedness line-of-credit accounts at U.S. banks.

Four U.S. association were arrested in backward November in affiliation with the scheme, which netted added than $2.5 million, according to the U.S. attorney's appointment in New Jersey. Four added men had been arrested amid August and October.

Accounts were compromised at Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and "dozens" of other banks and credit unions, court documents said. The filings noted that the perpetrators appear to have harvested much of the personal data from publicly available databases and public records posted on government Web sites. They then allegedly transferred funds out of home equity accounts via phone, fax and online transactions.

The activities described in the court documents highlight the increasing sophistication of cybercriminals. Indeed, in a report released last month, Symantec Corp. described in detail a "self-sustaining" underground marketplace populated by online thieves.

Dean Turner, director of Symantec's global intelligence network, said the value of all the compromised bank accounts found by the company during the 12-month period starting in July 2007 was at least $1.7 billion.