Robert McMillan reports more an “Operation eMule” arrest previously reported by Dan Browning of the Star Tribune and mentioned on this site previously.
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The law enforcement operation, run out of ICE’s Cyber Crimes Center in Washington, D.C., has been investigating the Vietnamese crime ring since Sept. 2009 in an action called Operation eMule, according to the affidavit, which is signed by DHS Special Agent Daniel Schwarz. “The criminal ring makes online purchases from e-commerce merchants using stolen credit card information and then utilizes an elaborate network of mules based in the United States,” he wrote. The criminals get stolen credit or bank card numbers by hacking PCs or databases. In some cases, they simply buy the stolen personal information from underground online marketplaces.
Read more on Computerworld.
Related: The affidavit in support of the search warrant.