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Feds: Man Tried to Steal the ID of a Sept. 11 Victim

W A S H I N G T O N, Oct. 30 — A North Carolina man has been charged with trying to steal the identity of a victim from the World Trade Center attacks, federal prosecutors said today.

Jermaine Lamar McCall, 20, of Laurel Hill, N.C., has been charged with stealing the name, Social Security number and birth date of an unidentified trade center victim in order to obtain a new Citibank credit card, prosecutors said.

A Justice Department official said that Citibank had earlier flagged the names of the World Trade Center deceased, and Secret Service agents arrested McCall last Friday outside the post office, where they had waited for him to go and pick up the card.

A Greensboro, N.C., grand jury indicted him on two counts of making false statements to a bank and identity theft.

McCall faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine if convicted of making false statements, and up to three years on the identity theft charge.

-- Anonymous, October 31, 2001

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well, being in jail is like having a credit card. You don't have to pay for anything like food and clothes and room and board or cable tv.

Some people!

-- Anonymous, October 31, 2001

I don't remember all the details, but I had heard about some cyber war going on over someone's choice moniker in some long-term cyber contest. The moniker wannabee apparently contacted the moderator to say that this other guy was killed in WTC (not true). The moderator fortunately did not fall for it.

-- Anonymous, October 31, 2001