With employee help, ID theft ring allegedly stole $700,000 in Apple gift cards<article>
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Apple products are some of the most expensive and desirable in tech so it makes sense that the company’s gift cards are proving an attractive currency for criminals.</p><p>
On Thursday, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said it has indicted five people for using personal information stolen from around 200 people to fund the purchase of hundreds of thousands of dollars in Apple gift cards, which in turn were used to buy Apple products.</p><p>
The DA’s office alleges that Annie Vuong, a 27-year-old from the Bronx, stole the names, address, birth dates and social security numbers of patients at the Manhattan dental office where she worked. That data was passed to Devin Bazile, a 30-year-old former Apple sales associate from the Bronx, who used it to apply for Apple “instant credit,” the lawsuit alleges.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2880672/with-employee-help-id-theft-ring-allegedly-stole-700000-in-apple-gift-cards.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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With employee help, ID theft ring allegedly stole $700,000 in Apple gift cards
