11 Arrested in Theft of 41 Million Credit Card Numbers
The 11 were from primarily from the U.S. and former Soviet states, along with two more in China. The organizer was a Miami man named Albert Gonzalez, who is alleged to have the infiltrated wireless networks of various retailers in America, then helped his off-shore cohorts steal the numbers of shoppers.
Interestingly, Gonzalez was arrested for similar crimes back in 2003, but was avoiding jail time by helping investigators track down other identity thieves. Meanwhile he was perpetrating these crimes behind the investigators' backs. The trial has yet to begin, but we're thinking he won't be getting any favors when it comes to sentencing this time. [Source: The New York Times]
