The fraud ring had also sold £1m worth of bogus tickets to music festivals and other sporting events to victims across the globe.

I had thought to probe for information about the fraud ring.

Others in the fraud ring used the information to make fake credit cards, drain checking accounts and take out false loans.

Several employees of the Social Security Administration passed information on more than 11,000 people to the fraud ring, according to prosecutors.

Their mission was to smash auto theft and fraud rings.

The fraud ring stole about $4.7 million from 200 different accounts at six banks since it began operations last May, according to the Brazilian police.

It's what we've been calling this fraud ring.

Many of these fraud rings were exposed and neutralized.

The change, sought by insurers, could hold down costs and, in some cases, bypass unscrupulous doctors who work with fraud rings.

It would make felonies of some of the roles played by people involved in fraud rings.