Tarjeteros
4/21/202638 min
In the streets of the Dominican Republic, a new economy thrives in the shadows. It’s built not on tourism or sugar, but on stolen data. They call them tarjeteros. And they are making a lot of money from stolen credit cards. This is a story about one group of tarjeteros who came to the US, and let loose on New York city.
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First 90 secondsJack Rhysider· Host0:00
This story takes place in Yonkers, which is about thirty minutes north of New York City. And what I learned about Yonkers is that almost fifteen percent of the people who live there have ancestry that traces back to the Dominican Republic. Apparently, a lot of people migrate from the DR to Yonkers, New York, which made me wonder why. And I've come to understand that they move from the DR to the US for three main reasons. One, because they're a dreamer, two, because they're a hustler, or three, because they're a struggler. The dreamers come chasing a bright new future where they can get good-paying, steady work, a better life for their kids, and even legal citizenship. The hustlers don't always follow the rules. They're scrappy. They're always on the lookout for new opportunities. They're good at negotiating, and they're persistent. And the strugglers, man, they just wanna survive. They don't have big plans, and they're not trying to find shortcuts. They just wanna do what it takes to get by day by day. [upbeat music] These are true stories from the dark side of the internet. I'm Jack Rhysider. This is Darknet Diaries.
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