Steyn on Obama's "Untraceable" Donations

$174,800 in one person's name.

Which brings us to the case of Mary T Biskup of Manchester, Mo, who discovered there were scores of small online donations made to the Obama campaign in her name, even though she hasn't given him a dime. They added up to $174,800, which is a wee bit over the $2,300 limit. This very generous donation was not billed to her own card, but to someone else's - meaning (as the Post says) "someone appropriated her name".

Ah, but who? And, if just one unwitting front is responsible for 175 grand of the Obama take, how many other Mary T Biskups are there out there?

Dude, they're "untraceable".

But the answer is "a lot".

UPDATE: Not charged to her card. The donations just came in using her name. "Someone else's + scores of small online donations" = many cards.

UPDATE2: A reader at HA who says he has 30 years of Credit Card Fraud investigation experience tips Ed on the "depth of deliberation and deception" involved in turning off ASV.

Retooling credit transaction systems to accept shady donations is change I can believe in.

Slublog sent me that.

posted by Dave In Texas at 12:45 PM

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