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February 04, 2011
ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN SPEAKS ABOUT ILLEGAL CIGARETTE SALES
By Profesor Martin Danenberg
"El Quijote del GED"
Is it possible that credit cards issued by banks to high school students (under age) can provide a number that could be detected in case of the attempt to buy cigarettes illegally on the internet and prevent or reject that sale?
A major suggestion may be to have banks provide education to parents and the teens and controls.
Parents use controls on the use of the internet and the banks, obviously, can play an important role in providing credit card controls to high school students, cards that will not be used for illegal purposes.
I just recommended a new GED initiative to the office of Governor Andrew Cuomo, an initiative that will get gang members into GED seats faster than other people. This will save the government millions of dollars and the initial program could be funded for less than $100,000.
I had no idea what the press conference of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was about, but since he was coming to Long Island to speak I decided to attend. As I have previously mentioned in my article or articles, I consider Eric Schneiderman my Jewish cousin from Sosua in the Dominican Republic. After the attorney general completed his conference about the illegal purchases of cigarettes on the internet by underage New Yorkers, he opened up the meeting to other questions. He acknowledged my work in GED and my connection to the Dominican Republic, but my question was related to the high school students that may be making these illegal purchases of cigarettes.
Some other key thoughts. The teen population needs to be watched carefully and educated. Since teens are selling drugs and other things to make lots of money, it is imperative to keep them away from criminal activity related to cigarettes. In my experience in the Latino community working with consuls general of several countries, I have heard them say that they educate the undocumented residents about doing illegal things, including driving a car without a license. This obviously helps many people who might otherwise decide to take the chance and drive. I would hope that the banks would educate the youth about engaging in illegal activities with their credit cards before they activate the card. Also there must be a way to put a number into the series of numbers on a credit card that would reject the kind of sale mentioned.
It is commonly known that large numbers of youth are engaged in illegal drug sales, even in schools. Suffolk County may have already started to use police dogs to sniff out the drugs in schools in that county. Some youth are always making large amounts of money from drugs and they can find a way to make large amounts of money from illegal cigarette sales, especially since the cigarettes can be purchased from places where the high taxes are not being paid and as the taxes are increased the potential to profit increases. It is important to see the numbers of students obtaining these credit cards month to month and to see what their purchases are. I would assume if teens have been purchasing these cigarettes in the past using the credit cards of others, they might use their own credit card to make major purchases when they know that they must take the risk to bring in the income. Gangs! Gangs! Gangs! Think about that. Strong action is needed before the problem grows.
MARTIN N. DANENBERG
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Profesor Martin Danenberg February 4, 2011 10:06 AM