- This file was downloaded from: - _______ __ __ _______ ___________ ______ ______ /__ __// /_/ // _____/ / _____/\__ \ / ____// ____/ / / / __ // ___/ / ___/ / \/ // /\ // ___/ /_/ /_/ /_/ \__/ \__/ /____/ \_\/_/ \__/ -*- The Silents World Head-Quarters -*- * 4 Nodes - All Ringdown - All DHST's * * Running GVP's Combo '040 at 33 Mhz! * * Multi-Node Chat * * OnLine Since 1985 * No Freeloaders here!, if you want to read this file, then DOWN-LOAD it !! ············································································· @BEGIN_FILE_ID.DIZ FEDs Crack HugePhone-Fraud Ring! @END_FILE_ID.DIZ THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE MONDAY OCTOBER 3, 1994 FEDS CRACK HUGEPHONE-FRAUD RING! LOS ANGLES TIMES REPORTING In what is believed to be the largest fraud of its kind, an MCI employee has been charged with stealing more than 100,000 telephone calling-card numbers that were used to make more than $50 million in long-distance calls, federal authorities said. MCI employee Ivy James Lay was alleged to be the main supplier of stolen card numbers to an international ring of thieves operating in Los Angeles and at least five other U.S. cities, Spain and Germany, said the U.S. Secret Service, The federal agency that investigates interstate telephone fraud. The Secret Service investigation ended in Southern California on Thursday night when agents seized numerous items from a co-conspirator's home, which included six computers with pirated commercial copyrighted software and thousands of calling-card numbers stored on computer disks. Tens of thousands of customers of MCI, AT&T, SPRINT, and several local telephone companies were victimized by the scam, the Secret Service said. But those consumers - many still unaware of the scam - will not be billed for fraudulent calls on their phone-card numbers, said representatives for MCI, AT&T, and SPRINT. Customers who suspect their calling-card numbers were illegally used should contact the customer-service department of their long-distance carrier immediately. Secret Service sources familiar with the case said the ring was unprecedented for its sophisticated use of computers and other activities coordinated on a global scale. According to MCI officials, the ring was more sophisticated and better organized in comparison to other credit-card and calling-card scams perpetrated in the past by people who obtained small amounts of cards by computer hacking or physical means, such as getting carbon copies of purchases or watching customers enter calling-card numbers at airport terminals. . .......and don't forget to call....... . . * ___ . . . . * . . . . / /\ *_________ _______ _______ . ______ / / / /\ \ . \ \ . /\ \ ./\ \ . o . /__/ /_ . / \ \ . \ \ / \ \/ \ \ /__/\ \/\__ / \________\ / \______\. / \______\ \_____\ _\__\ \ / /\./ / _______// \_ __ \/ / ___ / / ____/ . /__/\/ \ \/ // / / \ .__/ / / \ \ / / \/_/ / /__\ . / /\ /\ \ // / /___\. \ \ / /\ \ \ / /\____\ / ____/ / / /\ \ \ \// / _____/___\ \ / / \ / / / /\/__ / / / \ * /__/ \ \ \_\/ \ / / \ \/ /____\/ / / /___\/ /\/ /_____\ \__\/\ \ \ \ \ / / \__________/\/________/ \_______/ . \ \ \_\/ . \/ \_____________________________________________\ . \ \ \ \ / * \__\/ . \ -*- The Silents World Head-Quarters -*- / . . \____________________________________________/ . . . . . . . . . .* SysOp: PLANET MASTER * . . . . . * All Nodes Ringdown - All DHST's! * . . * Running GVP's Combo '040/2000 33Mhz! * . . . . * Multi-Node Chat * . . . * . * OnLine Since 1985 * * . . . . . . . C A L L T O D A Y ! ! . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WORLD FAMOUS: | ____ _ _____ _____ _____ ___|\ _____ _____ | ___|_/ _¬\_/¬| _/ __\_/ _ ¬\_/ ____\_/ | \_/ _¬\_/ __\_|__ _ ø: | | | | |_\| | | |___\| | | | _| |_\_:ø__ : | | | _| __/ | _ |\__ | | | _ \_ __/ _|__ _ : | | |__/¬| ¬|_/| | |\_| | | | | | ¬|_/ :ø : | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | : : | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | : : | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | : : ¬ _| | | | | | | | | | | | | | : : __/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | : : ¬| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | : _ø_:_ | | ¬ | ¬ | | | ¬ | ¬ | | | ¬ _:_ø_ | \__| ¯\_____/¯\_____/¯\ |___/¯\_____/¯\_____/¯\___| /¯\_____/ | | \| |/ |-rS! °° DD ° OO ° MM ° EE °° DIAMONDS & RUST EUROPEAN HQ ---------------------------------------- aMiGa / SNeS / GeNeSiS / iBM SYSøPS: [STE\/E/D&R], BOON KID/D&R, EDO/D&R, (-Ozone&Rob-), FURY/TRZ, PRINCIP/CSL, Rhys & Danzig, GREY! NOTHIN TO SAY, IF U AREN`T ALREADY THERE, U`RE SURELY MISSING SOMETHING ---------------------------------------------------------------------------