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Credit cards stolen? Even senators aren't safe.

Credit cards, including US Sen. Daniel Inouye's, were fraudulently used to buy $12,000 in Wal-Mart gift cards, merchandise. Georgia woman charged with using account numbers of credit cards has had her hearing postponed.

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Sen. Daniel Inouye (D) of Hawaii, shown here in September being presented a commemorative coin marking the 150th anniversary of the creation of the Medal of Honor, was the victim of credit card theft earlier this year, according to a spokesman.
  • By Associated Press

| DECATUR, Ga.

A hearing for a 20-year-old DeKalb County woman charged with stealing a U.S. senator's credit card information has been postponed until Nov. 28.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Trianna Chenee Moss is accused of helping two other people buy $12,000 worth of Wal-Mart gift cards and other merchandise using counterfeitcredit cards with real account numbers encoded on the magnetic strip.

Among those cited as having credit card information stolen is Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii.

Moss was indicted in May. She's accused of identity theft and credit card fraud.

Police are still looking for 36-year-old Tahir Abdul Hamed. The indictment claims the two made several fraudulent purchases between Jan. 1 and Feb. 23, 2010.

A spokesman for the senator says he was informed of the problem in February.

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