It's been called America's fastest growing crime.

And now Attorney General Jack Conway knows that first hand as someone got a hold of his credit card number and went on a shopping spree.

Phil Pendleton tells us how Conway found out and why federal agents are now investigating the case.

Attorney General Jack Conway recent started up his own cyber crimes unit, whose first case ironically involved Conway himself.

"If it happened to me, it can happen to anybody," said Conway.

Conway discovered he's been victimized when he tried to buy some music on iTunes.

"They wouldn't take my credit card because they said my billing zip code did not match up," he added.

Somebody had stolen his credit card number.

"They bought several thousand dollars worth of computers, Vonage phones, several charges to the postal service and they had changed my billing address," said Conway.

What's really scary about this is that Conway says he does many of the things he tells others to do, such as getting a shredder, not giving out information over the internet, yet he was still a victim.

Conway wasn't liable for the purchases on his card because he reported it quickly enough.

Now his investigators along with federal agents are looking into a case which crosses state lines and could involve many other victims.

They're suspicious of some delivery drivers that might be stealing credit cards in Kentucky.

They are also suspicious of restaurants that might not be as secure as they ought to be.

He says what happened to him shows how easy people can get financial information and create lots of problems.

"It's a tough, tough crime to stop. Just because of the fast flow of information in our society," stated Conway.

He says he was able to stop the problem quickly, but he says others aren't so fortunate.

That's why he says it's so important to check your financial statements often and report anything that looks suspicious as soon as possible.