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| | US Secret Service rounds up ID thieves - silicon.com |
 | | US law enforcement agents - cooperating with officials from the United Kingdom, Canada, Bulgaria, Belarus, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine and the Netherlands - have arrested 28 suspects since Tuesday night and stressed that the investigation continues. |
 | | In August, the US Department of Justice made arrests in five states on charges of criminal copyright infringement in an action dubbed Operation Digital Gridlock, while the FBI and US Postal inspectors announced that more than 103 arrests were made in an extensive computer crimes investigation known as Operation Web Snare. |
 | | Bruce Townsend, deputy assistant director for the Secret Service, said the international breadth of the investigation is par for the course. |
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