A worker at UJA-Federation in New York allegedly led a $2 million identity theft ring that targeted top donors to the charitable organization, prosecutors announced Friday.
Tracy Nelson, of Brooklyn, worked at UJA-Federation for more than two years processing donations until she was fired last summer as the thefts came to light, the Daily News reported.
Officials told the paper Nelson snapped pictures of checks given to the charity by donors and collected names, addresses and account numbers of her victims.
She allegedly sold the information to other members of the gang, who used it to create fraudulent checks and open credit cards in the victims’ names.
Read more on Daily Forward. Daren Gregorian provides additional details in the NY Post.
This breach is part of a larger ID theft ring story covered by Brian Krebs.