Authorities in New York have arrested more than 100 people accused of participating in an identity theft scam that generated $13 million in illicit profits. The scam relied heavily on trusted insiders within financial and retail businesses to steal information and, in two cases, merchandise from Kennedy Airport and Citigroup. Among those arrested were bank tellers, store employees, restaurant workers and others who worked on behalf of the criminal networks to steal financial and identity data. That data was then used to forge credit cards which were, in turn, passed to organized shopping teams who engaged in coast-to-coast shopping sprees.
Source: https://threatpost.com/biggest-identity-theft-bust-ever-nets-111-new-york-101111/75736/