Disconnecting fraud

AirTouch Cellular has adopted several countermeasures designed to combat cellular telephone fraud. These include the tightening up of sign-up procedures to prevent the creation of fraudulent accounts in the future and the installation of software to identify existing subscriber fraud. The Pen-Link 6.0 is an automated case management software is a tool that can be used to analyze call patterns that may indicate fraudulent accounts.
The countermeasures used by AirTouch Cellular to combat cellular fraud, such as cloning, are pretty effective, says Charles Smith, manager of special activities for the company's eastern division fraud department. [...]