
zondag, september 25, 2005
Met onbetaalbare dank aan de AFP-fotograaf

Hurricane Katrina evacuee Latesha Vinnett holds a debit card from the Red Cross outside the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas. (AFP/Stan Honda)
AFP staff photographer Stan Honda electronically published a photo of Katrina victim Latesha Vinette holding up her Red Cross debit card. Within hours there was fraud on the card. Somebody had seen the picture — and unfortunately they hadn't blocked the number — and so somebody used the card fraudulently.