-Caveat Lector- http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/26868.htm HOW NYPD CRACKED THE ULTIMATE CYBERFRAUD Tuesday,March 20,2001 By MURRAY WEISS USING computers in a local library, a Brooklyn busboy pulled off the largest identity-theft in Internet history, victimizing more than 200 of the "Richest People in America" listed in Forbes magazine, authorities say. Abraham Abdallah, 32, a pudgy, convicted swindler and high-school dropout, is suspected of stealing millions of dollars as he cunningly used the Web to invade the personal financial lives of celebrities, billionaires and corporate executives, law enforcement sources told The Post. Abdallah allegedly breached the bank, brokerage and credit-card accounts of such movers and shakers as Steven Spielberg, Martha Stewart, George Lucas, Sumner Redstone, Oprah Winfrey, Ross Perot, George Soros, Warren Buffett, Ted Turner, Ronald Perelman, Carl Icahn, Larry Ellison, Michael Bloomberg, David Geffen, Barry Diller and Michael Eisner. He skipped No. 1 on the Forbes list - Bill Gates - perhaps feeling he is too well known, sources said. Abdallah's elaborate scam went undetected as he first duped companies - including Equifax, TRW and Experian - into providing detailed credit reports on his rich victims, authorities said. He then used the confidential data to clone their identities - and gain access to their credit cards and accounts at such prestigious brokerage houses and investment banks as Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch and Fidelity Investments, officials said. For nearly six months, the elusive Abdallah allegedly worked his scam, remaining nothing more than an electronic pulse on the Web. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
