Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 24,1983 Credit card fraud brings fast cash WASHINGTON (AP) - A professional criminal, disguised with a black hood and cape, told a House sub- committee yesterday that he went from "hot dogs to caviar" by using stolen credit cards to charge up to $5,000 a day. The man, referred to only as Mr. Wit- ness, with his voice disguised by a syn- thesizer, said credit card fraud was a "large business," complete with schools to educate the street people who actuallly go out and charge merchan- dise with the stolen cards. "WITH THAT, you have to have organization, you have to have rules," he said. "It's like being a Wall Street broker." The witness said that up to $10,000 a day could be billed fraudulently to a single account simply by keeping the purchases at the individual stores below the amount at which authorization is required. Sometimes, he said, several people would use a stolen credit card during one day. By making small purchases, he said, he had charged up to $5,000 ina day. "IF YOU'RE going to milk a card, you don't take anything over $50," he said, adding a stolen card could sometimes be used for 30 days if it was acquired at the beginning of the month. Under federal law, a consumer is liable for $50 after a credit card is reported stolen. For him, the man said, dealing in stolen credit cards was full-time work. "I never had too many jobs other than working credit cards," he said. "I made a very good living." THE WITNESS did not say specifically how much he earned with credit card fraud. The man, who was arrested 20 to 25 times and has since become a police in- formant, had asked to testify in disguise because he feared for his life, according to Annunzio. Security was tight in the hearing room. Observers had to pass through a metal detector before they were admit- ted, and plainclothes and uniformed law enforcement officials stood guard while the witness testified. THE PENALTY for betraying a fraudulent credit card operation is death, the man said. Anti-war group stages protest in Jerusalem TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The anti- war movement started by troops coming home from the battlefields of Lebanon has been joined by the mothers, fathers and wives of some of those soldiers. Dozens of "Parents Against Silence" demonstrated outside Prime Minister Menachem Begin's Jerusalem office Sunday. Yesterday, soldiers' wives and mothers kept vigil in Israel's main cities under banners saying, "If we don't cry out today we'll weep tomorrow." The Israel-Lebanon troop withdrawal agreement signed last Tuesday has not closed the divide that opened up in Israeli Society since Israel invaded Lebanon last June 6. After nearly a year of emotional debate and sometimes violent protests, an estimated 25,000 soldiers remain in Lebanon and the government says they, won't come home until the Syrian army also withdraws. Members of "Parents Against Silen- ce" say their group is not part of any other anti-war organization or linked to the opposition parties. They say the group is so loose they don't know how many are in it, but more than 500 turned up for their inaugural meeting last week. TODAY HAPPENINGS Tuesday Highlight The SOS Community Crisis Center in Ypsilanti begins interviews today for volunteers to staff its 24-hour crisis phone and walk-in counseling ser- vice. People interested in becoming volunteers can call 485-3222. Films Interfaith Council for Peace - Peace through Justice week, Leaving Home Blues, Martin Luther King, Jr.: From Montgomery to Memphis, 7:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, corner of State and Huron. Speakers Reproductive Endocrinology Program/Population Studies Center-Jane Menken, "Age & Fecundity: How Late can You Delay Childbearing?" 4 p.m., REP Commons, 11th floor, 300 N. Ingalls Bldg. Dentistry - Lawrence Crane, "Clinical & Laboratory Studies on the Treat- ment of Herpes Virus Infections," 4 p.m., 1033 Kellogg. Meetings Baptist Student Union-Fellowship & Bible study, 7 p.m., Rm. B, League. Racquetball-Practice, 6-8 p.m., Cts. 10 & 11. CCRB. Society of Christian Engineers-Brown bag meeting, noon, 315 W. Engin. His House Christian Fellowship-Fellowship & Bible study, 7:30 p.m., 925 E. Ann. Ann Arbor Go Club-7-11 p.m., 1433 Mason. Miscellaneous Program in Judaic Studies-Conference on the Teaching of Hebrew Language and Literature, 8:30 a.m., Lab A, MLB. CEW-Job Hunt Club-12-1:30 p.m., 350 S. Thayer St. Aikido-Practice, 5p.m., Wrestling Rm., Athletic Bldg. Student Wood & Cafts Shop-Introduction to Woodworking, 7-10 p.m., 537 SAB. Museum of Art-Art Break, Barb Hamel, "Moving from Baroque," 18th century portraiture, 12:10 p.m.,N. Gallery. Plant Operations, Ground Dept-House plant help seminar, Karen Lamb, 5:30-7 p.m., Model Conf. Rm. Films Wednesday AAFC-Dead End, 7:30 p.m., The Big Sleep, 9:15 p.m., Lorch. Cinema II-La Strada, 7:30 p.m., Beauty and the Beast, 9:30 p.m., Angell Aud. A. CFT - A Raisin in the Sun, 7:15 p.m.; A Hero Ain't Nothing Buta Sandwich 9:30 p.m., Michigan Theater. Speakers Psychiatry - Dixon Doll, "A Practical Guide to Implementing Com- puterized Information Systems," 10:30-noon, Children's Psychiatric Hospital Aud. Hospital Aud. Editors' Forum-Edwin Fredrickson, "Mass Media & Massive Changes in Communications Technology," 7 p.m., Sheraton Inn, 1-94 and State. Chemistry-Organic seminar, Amparo Lago, "New View Into the Wittig Reaction & the SCOOPY Reaction," 4 p.m., 1300 Chem. Meetings Nurses' Christian Fellowship - 4-5:30 p.m., 2703 Firstenberg. Academic Alcoholics-1:30 p.m., Alano Club. Michigan Gay Undergraduates-9 p.m., Guild House, 802 Monroe. Science Fiction Club-"Stilyagi Air Corps," 8:15 p.m., ground floor con- ference room, Union. Tae Kwon Do Club - Practice, 6-8 p.m., behind IM Bldg. (if raining, CCRB Bell Pool Mezzanine). Michigan Map Society-slide illustrated talk, Kenneth Nebanzahl, "Map- ping the Wild West, Filling in the Blanks 1540 to 1840," 8 p.m., Clements Library. Miscellaneous WCBN-Radio Free Lawyer, 6 p.m., 88.3 FM. Interfaith Council for Peace - Peace through Justice Week, presentation. on how and why a congregation becomes socially involved, 7 p.m., St. An- drew's Episcopal Church, 306 N. Division. Museum of Art-Art Break, Prue Rosenthal, "The Illness and Cure of Hezehish (Berthollet Flemalle)," 12:10 p.m., N. Gallery. 4 4 4 4 4 The Michigan Daily Vol. XCIII, No. 9-S Tuesday, May 24, 1983 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at the Univer- sity of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Subscription rates: $13 September through April (2 semesters); $14 by mail outside Ann Arbor. 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