I agree. Mary is a good resource, I've met her and she's pretty sharp.

There have been times where I've had to "shop" a case around to the various
agencies to get attention. Good bets are the FBI, Secret Service, the
locals, or even right to the source: The US Attorney's office. If you've
got damages and decent evidence, then you usually can get a case going.

At 06:43 PM 7/9/02 -0700, Greg Reber wrote:
>Jonathon - try Mary Kimura, Infragard coordinator for the San Francisco FBI
>office.
>
>-greg
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>From: Jonathan A. Zdziarski [mailto:jonathannetworkdweebs.com]
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>Subject: Stolen Card Purchases
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>We've seen a significant increase in the number of stolen credit card
>purchase [attempts] made on our website recently, and I'm wondering if
>anyone has had very good experience in convincing any legal arm to take
>action. We have sent three related incidents to the Secret Service, who
>will not touch it unless there's at least $50,000 involved.
>Unfortunately, most local law enforcement agencies are impotent at such
>issues. We traced the first attempt back through an open proxy where
>the administrator even sent us enough information to track him back to a
>residential DSL line, but nobody's willing to put in even a little work
>to go and subpoena the data and make an arrest.
>
>We're getting pretty sick of having to feel "paranoid" when customers
>purchase our products, so I'm hoping some of you may have had more luck
>than I have thus far in dealing with such issues. Any creative comments
>would be appreciated.
>
>Jonathan A. Zdziarski
>President
>Network Dweebs Corporation
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