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Ca: 15-year-old caught in Richmond with hundreds of skimmed credit cards

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Dissent

And what is your teenager doing for work this summer?

Vivian Luk reports:

A 15-year-old boy was arrested last month at a Richmond gas station for connection to a credit card skimming operation.

[…]

The boy is suspected of copying credit card information from several hundred customers without their knowledge, and then selling the stolen information to organized crime groups who could use the credit cards to make purchases.

Read more in the Vancouver Sun.


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