September 11 Digital Archive

Massive police operation against Bangladeshi credit card fraud, five million dollars stolen and 13 a

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Massive police operation against Bangladeshi credit card fraud, five million dollars stolen and 13 a

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2002-06-21

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Massive police operation against Bangladeshi credit card fraud, five million dollars stolen and 13 arrested

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Bangla Patrika

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Bangla

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Moinuddin Naser

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briefs

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Eight Bangladeshis have been arrested on charges of credit card fraud. The New York Police Department and United States Postal Service (USPS) inspection team jointly conducted the sweep, dubbed Operation Stars and Swipes.

Those arrested were: Salam Bhuiyan, Naim Chowdhury, Anwar Haque, Shamshul haque, Abul Fazal Islam, Quiyum Shah, Mohammad Uddin nad sardar Uddin. The police have filed separate cases against all of them.

Five more people were also arrested. Two were released, but three undocumented workers were handed over to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

The shops where the operation was conducted were the Rose International, located at 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, Totas Halal Meat and Mela Video at 5th Avenue and 71st Street, Bangladesh Fish Market and Bangladesh Supermarket, Dolphin Travel Agency, Dollar Express and Dollar Connection.

The Queens district attorneys office told Bangla Patrika that the accused adopted fraudulent means to collect money from credit card companies. Among the most important were American Express, Chase, Citibank, Discover, First Data resources, First USA and Household Service. Police said that the accused stole five million dollars by abusing the credit cards issued by those companies.

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2002-06-21

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“Massive police operation against Bangladeshi credit card fraud, five million dollars stolen and 13 a,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed November 15, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/1656.