Friday, November 18, 2011

Waiters from NYC Top Steakhouse Busted in Million Dollar Credit Card Scam



Image: Confiscated money, credit card equipment
NBC New York
Money, credit card counterfeiting equipment and other goods confiscated
in New York City  are displayed by the district attorney's office on Friday.
By 
NBCNewYork.com
updated 2 hours 41 minutes ago

More than two dozen current and former waiters and their associates from some of the city's top steakhouses have been arrested in an alleged identity theft ring, accused of stealing credit card numbers from wealthy customers, authorities said Friday.  The Manhattan district attorney, police and the U.S. Secret Service announced the arrests Friday involving a 28-person ring that operated at top metro-area restaurants like Smith & Wollensky, Capital Grille and Wolfgang Steak, as well as Morton’s in Stamford, Conn. and the Bicycle Club in New Jersey.  read more at MSNBC
The story was first reported Thursday by NBC New York.

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