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Failure to shut off the service of satellite phones stolen in Iraq has left UK taxpayers almost £600,000 ($1.1m).Robbers were able to use the nicked phones for up to a year before Foreign Office officials twigged that anything was amiss.
The crooks went to elaborate lengths to make the most of the phones. The thieves established a premium rate phone line in the South Pacific islands of Wallis and Futuna. Using one of the phones to call the premium rate number raked up bills of around £290,000 ($537,000) over just two months, earning crooks a tidy percentage.
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Posted: 2006-07-26 19:02:13
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yipee...
i do love how my tax money is spent..
fatreg
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Posted: 2006-07-26 19:05:36
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