[HIB]Airline Ticket Fraud Ring Dismantled

Thirty eight suspects have been indicted for their role in a fraud operation that involved selling underpriced airline tickets acquired using stolen identities. The scam affected thousands of individuals and led to losses of over $20 million. “What began as a local law enforcement investigation ultimately exposed an extensive nationwide black market for airline tickets. Six federal indictments allege that 38 defendants used stolen credit and debit card information from thousands of identity theft victims to purchase tickets, which they sold to their customers at a steep discount. These separate criminal conspiracies resulted in an estimated total loss of more than $20 million to numerous domestic airline companies, financial institutions, other merchants and cardholders” the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri Beth Phillips, announced.

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