just read this...

[Loosehead]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7326736.st m

We are so ready to believe the worst, can this man ever recover fully? This could happen to any of us.

[libertie]

Scary stuff and even scarier is the knowledge that some people will still be shaking their heads and saying "Well I don't know there's no smoke without fire and all that"

[ludwig]

Very scary. I'm tempted to have a go at getting by without any credit cards in my life at all. I couldn't do without a debit card though and I guess they're open to the same kind of abuse.

[R1Geezer]

Too right, I was accused of riding a Harley Davidson once, never get rid of the stigma!

[persianlady]

I know that it is a serious crime, but I think the police could have found out a hell of a lot more before they barged in and blew this man and his family apart.. I will not buy anything else on the internet now. This man should be able to get compensation at least for his loss of earnings, never mind the stress. I wish him well.

[tigerlily11]

The police have a lot to answer for. What hapened to innocent until proven guilty.
But I have decided that until there are gaurantees from shopping sites that my information is safe then I'm not buying anything else on line.
I feel sorry for him. As pointed out there will still be the no smoke without fire brigade to deal with.

[honest_joe]

Especially if you have skeletons in the cupboard Loosehead.

[Rtaxron]

18 Months ago I noticed on my statements (only because they were in $) that I had spent $280 on two seperate credit cards only 2 days apart.

I notified both credit card companys and it turned out they were for an online gambling site somewhere in Holland.

I was reimbursed the money but on reading this story they could have been for a similar site. Scary.

Hope the bloke gets his life back together.

[Whickerman]

Saw him on that bbc prog last night - never mind the public believing the worst, his own father and family disowned him.