7. The Case of Abraham Abdallah
We are continuing our list of biggest identity theft cases in American history with Abraham Abdallah, who worked as a restaurant busboy, and was in charge of an Internet-based identity theft scheme — one of the most elaborate in recent years. Using the identities of some of the richest people in the world he was able to gain access to credit card companies, banks, etc. He was able to steal from famous people such as Steven Spielberg, the CNN Founder Ted Turner, and many others including Warren Buffet. He did all this from a library in Brooklyn, New York City. He was finally arrested after the FBI got information from a financial institution that claimed a client of theirs did not request a substantial transfer of money.
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