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OfficeMax tied to data fraud investigation OfficeMax is the Northern California retailer at the heart of a major data-security breach affecting as many as 200,000 consumers, banking and law-enforcement sources confirmed Monday.
They also said investigators are exploring the possibility that the Russian mob or another Eastern European crime syndicate is responsible for accessing U.S. consumers' debit-card numbers and selling counterfeit cards on the black market worldwide.
Bill Bonner, an OfficeMax spokesman, said that to the best of his knowledge, no security breach had occurred at any of the Illinois company's Northern California outlets.
"I just can't say that happened," he said.
Still, Bonner declined to comment on whether OfficeMax is cooperating with the FBI and Secret Service on their investigation into the debit-card theft.
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