Manhattan US Attorney Charges 14 in Criminal Ring with 30 Million Credit Card Fraud and Bank Fraud

PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JANICE K. FEDARCYK, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced the arrest of 14 men who participated in a criminal ring engaged in conspiracy to commit credit card fraud, bank fraud, mortgage fraud, and identity theft. The 14 defendants arrested yesterday are: EZAZ KABIR CHOUDHURY, a/k/a "Ezaz Kabir Chowdhury," ZIA ALAM, RASHED AHMED, FIROZ MILON, MOHD ALTAF, MOHAMMED Z. ALAM, SHAJAHAN KABAL, MOHAMMED M. MIAH, SHAMSUL AFRIN, MANJUR ALAM, MOHAMMED KAWSHER, MAZHARUL KARIM MAMUN, AZM M. SARWAR, and MATIAR RAHMAN. The defendants were presented in Manhattan federal court yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge THEODORE H. KATZ. The case has been assigned to U.S. District Court Judge KIMBA M. WOOD.

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