An NDP politician is pitching the idea of a national stolen cellphone registry to cut down on theft.
Mike Sullivan, MP for York South-Weston, wants our national regulator to track stolen phones. He’s calling for the CRTC to create a registry, which would contain the unique identification codes of any phone reported stolen in the country.
Seven alleged members of an ATM skimming network have been arrested in Toronto, pending charges. The gang is believed to have stolen at least $800,000 after skimming the information from credit cards and trading the information with criminals all over the world.
Danny Bradbury is a technology journalist with 20 years' experience. He writes regularly for publications including the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Financial Post, and Backbone magazine. Danny also writes and directs documentaries.
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