Operation Tuna Puts 4 in the Can

TheStar.com | Crime | Four charged in credit card fraud ring

Canada: Police have charged four people in connection with an organized credit card fraud ring that victimized over 200 clients of a high-end women's spa in Yorkville.

The accused allegedly used a tampered PIN pad device at the spa to access users' credit card information during the spring and summer of 2008.

They then manufactured new credit cards and used them to furnish and renovate condominiums in Yorkville, buy hundreds of thousands of dollars in clothing, and open a new "legitimate" business, Jung Spa, at 257 Danforth Avenue.

The accused allegedly stole the credit card information from 216 clients of the spa. Police are advising people to check their credit card statements to make sure they weren't victims of the fraud scheme.

Police from the 11 Division Major Crime Unit and the 14 Division Fraud Office began their investigation, dubbed "Project Tuna", in June 2008.  (Editor's Note:  I don't mean to tell the police how to name their investigations, but wouldn't "Project Tuna" be more a more aptly named investigation for a phishing scheme?)  

On Thursday, Feb. 19 they executed six search warrants, primarily in the Yorkville area, and seized furniture, electronics, purses and more – to the "tuna" more than $285,000 to date.  Goran Sadic, 44, Filip Djukic, 39, Julia Sung, 25, and Milena Sadic, 41, all of Toronto, face hundreds of fraud-related charges.  Throw 'em in the can!