Reuters reports that police have arrested 178 people in Europe and the United States suspected of cloning credit cards in an international scam worth over 20 million euros, Spanish police said June 15. Police in 14 countries participated in a two-year investigation that discovered 120,000 stolen credit card numbers and 5,000 cloned cards. (See item 23)
According to the Spokane Headlines Examiner, envelopes containing a white powder were sent to seven federal offices in two states, Monday. The envelopes have been traced back to Spokane, Washington where they were postmarked. (See item 31)
