Romanians plead guilty to credit card hack on US Subway shops

Two Romanian nationals who were extradited to the US in May have confessed their involvement in a $10m scam aimed at stealing credit and debit card data from payment terminals at hundreds of Subway restaurants and other merchants across the US, according to the United States Attorney's Office. Iulian Dolan, 28, of Craiova, …

[Anonymous Coward]

Can't help but think that little Subway jingle, "Five dollar foot long...", is going to take on a whole new meaning when they're behind bars.

[NukEvil]

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[Destroy All Monsters]

Re: Why anonymous?

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[Anonymous Coward 15]

Re: Why anonymous?

Not your personal army!

[Anonymous Coward]

Five dollar foot long?

Ooh, matron.

[Kubla Cant]

The people at the back of the queue in Subway might be excused for thinking that somebody who gets out a credit card to pay for a sandwich probably deserves identity theft.

[kain preacher]

What about debit cards hun.

[Crazy Operations Guy]

Numerous reason to use credit cards

Quicker to use than cash

Easier to track my expenses each month

Builds up credit

Charges can be disputed

Can be expensed when using the company card

If my wallet gets stolen, I don't lose a cent

[Tom 38]

Re: Numerous reason to use credit cards

Paying with cash is instant, so I'm impressed that you can securely exchange credit card details faster than 'instantly'.

[Anonymous Coward]

Hang on...

Foreign nationals extradited to the US? There must be some sort of conspiracy, or disproportionate punishment here, why couldn't they be tried in their home country, etc. etc.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Hang on...

Interestingly, the article doesn't say whether or not they were in the US at the time of the offences.

They may have bunked off back to Romania when they learned that the game was afoot, so to speak.

[Tom 38]

Subway should be convicted of sandwich fraud

Or maybe I'm just bitter that $5 footlong == £5 footlong.

[Swarthy]

Re: Subway should be convicted of sandwich fraud

Then again, I could quite happily spend $5 on a 5lb hot pastrami & roast beef footlong.

[Sebastian A]

Dolan pls...

Needs a dolan icon. :(

[zen1]

5 BPS for a footlong?

Jeezus, you guys are getting screwed. I mean Subway does in a pinch but just too damn much. Lordy how I hate (inter) national chain operations...

[Anonymous Coward]

Hack and go to prison

Some people never learn. They will in prison.

[Anonymous Coward]

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Guilty, because they didn't meet the 0 day exploits limit imposed by U.S. Government to hack others.