Secret Service joins probe of counterfeit check scheme

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

Interesting details might follow on this one:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11241/1170615-53.stm

Three men charged with passing counterfeit checks at a popular New
Hampshire shopping outlet had a stash of hundreds of stolen identities
from around the country, authorities said.
...
Police got a search warrant for the van and found inside a trove of
counterfeit check-printing equipment, magnetic ink to mirror that used
on legitimate checks and detailed information on hundreds of stolen
identities.

"They had every piece of a person's confidential information you would
need to apply for a credit card or a loan -- name, address, date of
birth, Social Security number, mother's maiden name, banking
histories. They had all that for hundreds of people," Chief Cormier
said.
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