FBI Smashes Global Credit Card Fraud Ring

 The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation¹ says it has smashed a global Internet credit card fraud ring.

The FBI's New York office calls it the biggest such operation in history, lasting² more than two years and involving undercover law enforcement agents in 13 countries.

Officials said Tuesday the operation protected 400,000 people from falling victim to credit card fraud, saving them more than $205 million in purchases using stolen information.

Twenty-four suspects were arrested - 11 in the United States while police arrested 13 others in Britain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Norway.

The FBI says the suspects allegedly ran a global criminal organization involved in carding, in which thousands of credit card and bank account numbers are stolen and exchanged to buy goods and services.

Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for Manhattan, in New York City, says the arrests show that clever computer criminals working behind the the supposed anonymity³ of the Internet are still subject to the long arm of the law.

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

3 anonymity   

n.the condition of being anonymous

参考例句：

• Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity. 为了姓名保密，书中的人用的都是化名。
• Our company promises to preserve the anonymity of all its clients. 我们公司承诺不公开客户的姓名。