In the justice system:
- An employee of Washington Mutual Bank in Joliet was arrested and charged with organizing a financial crimes enterprise, conspiring to commit financial crimes, participating in a continuing financial crimes enterprise, theft and four counts of financial identity theft. More.
- Washoe County sheriff’s deputies have arrested David Michael Baker in Reno on accusations of involvement in an identity theft ring. More.
- An employee of a Taco Bell in Colorado Springs has been charged with racketeering for using a skimmer to steal customer data which he then sold to three others; 48 customers had their data stolen and misused. More.
- Christopher Adalikwu, former dean of Columbia Southern University, an online college, was sentenced to two years in prison for using a dead man’s Social Security number to obtain student loans. More.