AT&T And T-Mobile Robbed Of $22 Million In Handsets
September 18th, 2009
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The carriers have been had, for a change. According to a Wall Street Journal article, eight men have been indicted for swindling T-Mobile USA and AT&T out of $22 million handsets. The swindlers included 2 cell phone shop owners from Brooklyn, NY, and used customer data to order the cell phones. The culprits used dealer’s access to the carrier systems and got the customer data, ordering the cell phones on the customer accounts. They have been formally charged with conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft surrounding the scam. If found guilty and convicted, they could face up to 20 years in prison on the conspiracy charge alone. Lesson: crime doesn’t pay.
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