Six Plead Guilty in Phishing Scam
Published November 21st, 2005
Six defendants pleaded guilty Thursday in New Jersey in one of the federal government’s largest sting operations involving credit card fraud and identity theft.
The six were among 19 who were indicted last year following a year-long sting, called Operation Firewall, conducted by the Secret Service against members of a website called Shadowcrew.com.
All pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit credit and bank card fraud and ID document fraud.
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