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  • Arresta Made iIn US Credit 'Fraud' (9/11)

    08/06/2002 7:21:52 PM PDT · by blam · 9 replies · 246+ views
    BBC ^ | 8-7-2002
    Wednesday, 7 August, 2002, 01:11 GMT 02:11 UK Arrests made in US credit 'fraud' By Jane Standley BBC correspondent in New York New York city prosecutors have begun arresting more than 100 people who they accuse of stealing $15 million (£10 million) from a credit union when its computers failed after 11 September. Prosecutors at the Manhattan District Attorney's office said as many as 4,000 people were being investigated for taking advantage of the computer failure to overdraw their accounts. Many refused to pay the money back when the fraud was discovered. A frenzy of illegal cash withdrawals began almost...