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Article posted: 2/10/2013 3:52 PM

Patience seen as component in NJ credit card scam

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FBI agents enter Raja Jewelers in Jersey City last week, investigating an international credit card fraud ring. The $200 million credit card scheme authorities broke up was notable not only for the amount of money involved, but the outlay of patience and planning it required.

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Many scam artists are looking for ways to get rich quick. Then there are the 18 people authorities said spent years meticulously creating fake credit cards, building up their credit scores and borrowing money they never repaid in what may be one of the nation’s largest credit card fraud rings.