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...rarefied world of private banking. Set yourself up in a Caribbean or Alpine tax haven, and you are in league with the superrich--with Marc Rich!--who cloak their identities and shield their assets from prying governments. With your shell company as host of a nameless Visa or Amex card, you are trading stocks, purchasing cars, paying bills and getting cash from ATMS--and leaving no trail. You are thumbing your nose at grasping creditors, ex-spouses, plaintiff's lawyers and tax collectors. And these days, you are screwed...
Johnson's next battle was obtaining information about the suspect from creditors. Some companies, such as Discover and Gateway, gave Johnson everything on the fraudulent applications. Others, including Zales and American Express, told him next to nothing. "Giving customers some information would hamper our security efforts," says AmEx spokesperson Judy Tenzer. "We consider an investigation a law-enforcement issue," says Maria Mendler, of Zales' lending arm, Citibank...
...establishments, gowns so often forget that local town favorite, Whitney’s. Adorned with a simple shamrock motif, the small bar is so unobtrusive, many students don’t even realize it exists. Yet, across from 7-11 and tucked between Leo’s and the AmEx travel agency on JFK St. is one of the most unique—and best—bars in Cambridge...
...Sandra Bullock in The Net me, lives on Laconia Avenue in the Bronx. Luckily, AmEx's massive computer system noticed subtle differences from my normal spending patterns. This impressed me until I realized the computer had failed to consider that I would never survive a week of living in the Bronx...
...AmEx paid for the whole thing. If this is the gravest privacy danger we face, then you can all know Mom's name is Burd. In fact, since AmEx wouldn't tell me what happened with its investigation, I'm still rooting for the other me to outrun the AmEx cops. He's tough, he's a world traveler, he's frugal, and I'm pretty sure he can help me take care of Adam Cohen if Adam ever tries to break into my home computer...