Largest international carding crimes operation: 26 arrests

2012-07-01

Helen Martin

Virus Bulletin, UK

Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

US Justice Dept. releases details of two-year operation involving undercover carding forum.

The results of what federal officials are calling the largest ever coordinated international law enforcement action directed at carding crimes were revealed last month when the US Justice Department released documents detailing a two-year operation in which FBI officials set up an undercover carding forum (carderprofit.cc) to catch users buying and selling stolen credit card details.

During the operation the Justice Department said it passed information on to financial institutions regarding more than 411,000 compromised credit and debit cards, and notified 47 companies, government entities, and educational institutions about breaches of their networks. A total of 26 people were arrested under suspicion of trading in stolen credit card accounts.

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