The sting, known as Operation Card Shop, was established to thwart criminals from stealing credit or debit card information from the Internet and using the information for fraudulent transactions.

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The first investigation of its kind for the FBI, "Operation Card Shop, " offered investigators a window into how alleged thieves communicate and interact on similar sites that have proliferated on the Internet.

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All guests who come through the doors of the White House throughout the holiday season are invited to fill out an Operation Honor Card pledging to serve their community.

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The biggest doubt is over Bank One's credit-card operation, a business in which it and Citibank are the market leaders.

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The quest for an instant market base on which to build motivates buyouts of consumer banking businesses like Chase's credit-card operation in Singapore.

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Federal prosecutors in Virginia alleged that Jonathan Oliveras, 26, managed a credit card fraud operation that operated throughout the East Coast of the United States.

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By the standards of 2013, that positively marks it as a small time operation, the corporate equivalent of a three-card monte scheme.

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