Iraq Satellite Phone Shambles cost UK $1.1m

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axxxr Joined: Mar 21, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: Londinium PM, WWW	Posted: 2006-07-26 19:02 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. Source [addsig]

fatreg Joined: Jul 26, 2003 Posts: > 500 PM	Posted: 2006-07-26 19:05 yipee... i do love how my tax money is spent.. fatreg

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