Monday, December 03, 2007

Cyber Crime Pays - It Also Ruins Lives

Karen Keller writes on NorthJersey.com:

Anthony Bender, a sixth-grade teacher in Passaic who lives in Clifton, has had to replace his wife's debit/credit bank card three times since the summer. Somebody used the card several times to buy six airline tickets worth about $2,500 to Caribbean destinations.

The Benders, who have a 7-year-old daughter, have never been to the Caribbean.

"I can't get out of Clifton," Bender said by telephone on Friday.

The timing for the stolen money from her checking account wasn't good for the Benders. They're tight on money now more than ever: Joni Bender, 38, who until recently built guitar amplifiers for a living, is currently unemployed.

More here.

(Props, Flying Hamster.)

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