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17 charged in massive ID theft bust

By Robert McMillan , IDG News Service , 11/09/2007
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SAN FRANCISCO - The operators of a New York business have been charged with running a massive identity-theft and money-laundering operation that raked in more than US$35 million over a four-year period.

In total, 17 people have been indicted in the investigation, which centered on a midtown Manhattan company called Western Express International. The charges were announced Wednesday by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, following a two-year investigation by the Manhattan district attorney and the United States Secret Service. They are facing as much as 25 years each in prison.

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