Web Address: www.shadowcrew.com (Web site taken down by U.S. Secret Service in October 2004)
Business: Trafficking in stolen and counterfeit credit, debit and identification cards*
Administrators: Andrew Mantovani, David Appleyard and others*
Financial Damage: More than $4 million in financial losses to credit card companies and financial institutions**
Challenge: Avoid capture by law enforcement.
Baseline Goals**
- Grow general membership, which reached 4,000 registered members in October 2004.
- Increase number of instructional forums, from 12.
- Boost stock of resellable credit card numbers, which numbered 1.5 million.
- Increase cache of e-mail addresses, which reached at least 18 million.
*According to a grand jury indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J. ** According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J. |