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Thieves indicted for ripping identities

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand , center, listens as Emma Sulkowicz, left, a sexual assault survivor who attends Columbia University, reads a statement during a news conference attended by sexual assault survivor Wagatwe Wanjuki, right, who attented Tufts University, New York City students and college campus sexual assault survivors in the Senators Manhattan office on Monday, April 07, 2014. Sen. Gillibrand is launching a new effort to combat sexual assaults on college campuses, which studies show effect nearly one in five women in college nationwide.
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand , center, listens as Emma Sulkowicz, left, a sexual assault survivor who attends Columbia University, reads a statement during a news conference attended by sexual assault survivor Wagatwe Wanjuki, right, who attented Tufts University, New York City students and college campus sexual assault survivors in the Senators Manhattan office on Monday, April 07, 2014. Sen. Gillibrand is launching a new effort to combat sexual assaults on college campuses, which studies show effect nearly one in five women in college nationwide. Photo Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara

Members of an alleged group of fraudsters were indicted Wednesday on charges of stealing private financial data from customers at a Hale & Hearty restaurant, according to the Manhattan district attorney.

Prosecutors say various defendants, 11 in total, pilfered $90,000 by skimming credit and debit cards from the midtown eatery where one was employed. They also swiped $50,000 from counterfeit checks and $20,000 from stealing victims’ IDs. At least 60 victims were targeted.