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The Metropolitan Police's eCrime unit has charged 12 people with fraud and money laundering offences connected to iTunes. The 12 have been charged with various offences after an investigation carried out with help from the FBI. The alleged fraud involved the use of a US firm to upload tracks to iTunes and Amazon, and the use …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    DoB

    Dates of birth, to make our home sleuthing easier? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/18/police_online_images_warning/

  2. JaitcH
    Jobs Horns

    There must be some mistake

    The story infers that something is malfunctioning in Job's World of Apple.

    Don't believe me? Ask anyone carrying a Lemon 4 - they swear by them.

  3. Elmer Phud

    loads a money?

    Quite a lot of people to split the loot amongst - crime doesn't pay very much?

  4. CD001

    Wolvo represents!

    Aaaaah Bilston...

  5. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Fraud?

    Sounds like money laundering

  6. David Neil

    Curious about the Date of birth information

    Is that usually released by the Police?

    Surely it makes it all the easier to carry out ID fraud on these people, who at the moment are still innocent.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Pint

      Re : David Hell

      "Surely it makes it all the easier to carry out ID fraud on these people, who at the moment are still innocent."

      But they CAN'T be innocent or the police wouldn't have charged them, there's no fire without smoking you know.

  7. ShaggyDoggy

    Innocent

    I'm afraid that, under current legislation, they are innocent unless proven guilty. Fact.

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