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FBI releases pics of low-level suspects in $9m ATM scam

wayne tavitt

WorldPay 

Posted Friday 6th February 2009 23:47 GMT

Joke

Says it all

Anonymous Coward

I'll have a tenner 

Posted Saturday 7th February 2009 03:52 GMT

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Thanks

Brent Gardner

They got all their cards compromized... 

Posted Sunday 8th February 2009 05:59 GMT

Flame

And all they did was reset the PIN numbers!!!??!? Put this in DailyWTF

RotaCyclic

Wondervar 

Posted Sunday 8th February 2009 05:59 GMT

I wish I'd come up with this idea! It would beat my crap pay as an IT consultant!

I should have become a lawyer at £300 an hour, as I just discovered the other day.

Richard

How much did each card let them take? 

Posted Monday 9th February 2009 06:53 GMT

100 cards would be $90,000 from each!

And given that they're payroll cards, those would be from low-paid workers. I'd be surprised if any of them earn half that figure in a year.

And the banks tell us that they have 'good' security protocols?

William Wallace

This is why the mob exists 

Posted Monday 9th February 2009 15:50 GMT

This is why the mob exists. If you steal $9 mil and the only risk you face is some time in jail, go for it. The risk/benefit is worth it. If you know you are going to end up in the Vegas desert beaten to death with a baseball bat, it is unlikely any theft is going to balance out this likely possibility. Hence, why we have the mob.