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Posted on March 14, 2009 by Dissent

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.
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