Critical Data: Mob Snapshot

John McCormick

Mar. 15, 2005
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Shadowcrew Base Case
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.

Underground Reporter 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.

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