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>> reporter: yeah, i think you're right. the fbi says that jessica hunt had all of her government assistant cards, her pin numbers and daniel brown according to documents told the fbi that they called her their bank. in other words, a street lynn go saying they could scam her out of the money, didn't give her very much of her government assistant payments and used the money for themself the. >> scott taylor thank you very much indeed for that report. joining me is the mother of jordy. i'll call her becky. she's joining me by telephone. welcome to you, beckry. can you tell me your reaction to t...

>> reporter: yeah, i think you're right. the fbi says that jessica hunt had all of her government assistant cards, her pin numbers and daniel brown according to documents told the fbi that they called her their bank. in other words, a street lynn go saying they could scam her out of the money, didn't give her very much of her government assistant payments and used the money for themselves. >> scott taylor thank you very much indeed for that report. joining me is the mother of jordy. i'll call her becky. she's joining me by telephone. welcome to you, becky. can you tell me your reaction to this...

Eight men in new york in a ring allegedly involving hundreds of people and two attacks using prepaid debit cards linked to accounts thousands of miles away. thieves had raised withdrawal limits. >> a card has literally $20,000 on it or $2 million on it. >> reporter: the prosecutor describes -- hackers first targeted a credit card processor in the unite ash emirates in december. then a second and larger attack in february in oman. pin numbers were stolen sent to teams including one in new york. those teams would then head to atms with plastic cards, even hotel key card with the stolen informati...

Linked to accounts that had been hiked by cyber thieves thousands of miles away. the thieves had withdrawal limits. >> a card that might have had $200 on it literally has $20,000 on it. or $2 million on it. >> the prosecutor describes how it worked. hackers first targeted a credit card processor in the united arab emirates in december. a second and larger attack in february in oman. p.i.n. numbers were stolen and sent to teams, including one in new york. those teams would then head to atms with plastic cards, even hotel key cards with the stolen information. authorities say here in new york, e...

The streets of new york, as well as major cities around the world. >> lynch announced charges against eight men in new york, accused of being part of a ring that involved potentially hundreds of people in two attacks. they used pre-paid debit cards linked to accounts that had been hacked by cyber thieves, thousands of miles away. the thieves had raised wall limits. >> a card that might have had $200 on it literally has $20,000 on it, or $2 million on it. >> the prosecutor describes how it worked. hackers first targeted a credit card processor in the united arab emirates in december. then a sec...