By Ranjan Bhaduri
Dec.11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The credit card related problems continue to plague thousands of users all over the world. Apart from impulsive buying many people get subjected to credit card scams. In a recent development, hundred of unsuspecting users suffered severe monetary loss owing to a large scale credit card money laundering scheme in Clifton. They were robbed of several thousand dollars after paying the bill at some restaurants. The Prosecutor’s office in the Essex County charged and arrested seven persons in connection with a credit card scam.

The Prosecutor’s office confirmed that at least three of the suspected lot are residents of Clifton. It has been found from the investigation that some of the restaurant owners in the region used to copy the credit card number secretly and supplied them to the so called loan sharks. They in turn used to create a copy of those cards and used them to make illegal purchases. Of course, a share of the profit went to the restaurant owners.

After receiving a series of complaints from the credit card users the Prosecutor’s office in Essex county started investigation and it was aided by the inputs of regional police departments and secret service. However, the investigation is not yet over and the investigators believe many more people are involved in this credit card racket. After the news of the arrest was made public a lot of duped credit card users approached the police with their incidents. Some of the users closed their accounts after the scam was revealed. An organization could be behind this scam as the investigators feel.