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German firm probes final World Trade Center deals
German computer experts are working round the clock to unlock the truth behind an unexplained surge in financial transactions made just before two hijacked planes crashed into New York's World Trade Center on September 11.
Were criminals responsible for the sharp rise in credit card transactions that moved through some computer systems at the WTC shortly before the planes hit the twin towers?
Or was it coincidence that unusually large sums of money, perhaps more than $100 million, were rushed through the computers as the disaster unfolded?
A world leader in retrieving data, German-based firm Convar is trying to answer those questions and help credit card companies, telecommunications firms and accountants in New York.
Convar developed the laser scanner two years ago that made it possible to retrieve data from badly damaged computers.
With a staff of 30 in its high-security facility in Pirmasens near the French border, the firm has worked with the US armed forces in Germany as well as German federal police for the last 15 years.
Its offices in Pirmasens, a town of 36,000 still suffering from the departure of some 4,000 American soldiers stationed here during the Cold War, are closely guarded behind high fences and monitored by dozens of security cameras.
09/09/2006:
Bundesliga
Werder Tumble Out To Pirmasens
Werder Bremen were eliminated from the 2006/2007 DFB Cup in the first round by third division FK Pirmasens. Trainer Thomas Schaaf’s side were beaten 5:3 after a penalty shoot out. 10,000 spectators at the “Sportpark Husterhöhe”, which was inaugurated two years ago to the day, saw a game over 120 minutes which ended 1:1, as it was after the initial 90 minutes. Tobias Zellner put the home team in front (64’) but had his goal cancelled out by a late Ivan Klasnic equaliser (83’).
German computer experts are working round the clock to unlock the truth behind an unexplained surge in financial transactions made just before two hijacked planes crashed into New York's World Trade Center on September 11.
Were criminals responsible for the sharp rise in credit card transactions that moved through some computer systems at the WTC shortly before the planes hit the twin towers?
Or was it coincidence that unusually large sums of money, perhaps more than $100 million, were rushed through the computers as the disaster unfolded?
A world leader in retrieving data, German-based firm Convar is trying to answer those questions and help credit card companies, telecommunications firms and accountants in New York.
Convar developed the laser scanner two years ago that made it possible to retrieve data from badly damaged computers.
With a staff of 30 in its high-security facility in Pirmasens near the French border, the firm has worked with the US armed forces in Germany as well as German federal police for the last 15 years.
Its offices in Pirmasens, a town of 36,000 still suffering from the departure of some 4,000 American soldiers stationed here during the Cold War, are closely guarded behind high fences and monitored by dozens of security cameras.
09/09/2006:
Bundesliga
Werder Tumble Out To Pirmasens
Werder Bremen were eliminated from the 2006/2007 DFB Cup in the first round by third division FK Pirmasens. Trainer Thomas Schaaf’s side were beaten 5:3 after a penalty shoot out. 10,000 spectators at the “Sportpark Husterhöhe”, which was inaugurated two years ago to the day, saw a game over 120 minutes which ended 1:1, as it was after the initial 90 minutes. Tobias Zellner put the home team in front (64’) but had his goal cancelled out by a late Ivan Klasnic equaliser (83’).
