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UK Gang Caught After $750K Online Music Fraud Scam

Posted by timothy on from the dj-felonious dept.

LSDelirious writes "10 individuals in the UK have been arrested in connection with an online fraud gang, whereby the group created several songs, had the songs uploaded to iTunes and Amazon, then used thousands of stolen credit cards to repeatedly purchase the songs from these services. It is estimated that they charged approximately $750,000 worth of fraudulent purchases, netting the group over $300,000 in royalties payments."

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  1. How come when we copy music, we're "sharing" it... by Rogerborg · · Score: 0, Troll

    but when they copy credit card numbers, they're "stealing" them?

    It's all just data, right? Right?

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