WBBM reports: The IRS and police in northwest Indiana are looking into allegations of identity theft of people who claimed someone had filed tax returns for them before they filed their own returns. There are nine people who have filed identity theft complaints with the East Chicago, Ind. police department. The Northwest Indiana Times reports…
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FL: District investigates computer security breach
The Associated Press reports: The Broward County School District in South Florida is investigating whether students at several schools were able to change grades by hacking into computers. The district said Thursday it had found “several security breaches” with school computer systems. A district spokeswoman told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel officials aren’t sure how many…
Employee Misuse of Computer Access Ruled Not a Crime
Mary Pat Gallagher reports: Using a password-accessed workplace computer in violation of company rules or policies may get you disciplined, but it’s not enough to be prosecuted in New Jersey, says a Mercer County judge in a published case of first impression. Superior Court Judge Mitchel Ostrer threw out an indictment against Princeton Borough police…
Shell staff details leaked to campaign groups
Ed Crooks provides more background on a breach involving Shell employee contact information: The database, from Shell’s internal directory, gives names and telephone numbers for its workforce worldwide, including some home numbers used for business. The e-mail was ostensibly sent by disaffected staff calling for a “peaceful corporate revolution” at the company. The database was…
CO: Woman pleads not guilty to charges of stealing customers’ credit card information
A woman accused of stealing customers’ credit card information to purchase $200,000 worth of Wal-Mart shopping cards pleaded not guilty. Investigators say Jerryca Chavez obtained customers’ credit card information while working at the Sandwich Board cafe in Greenwood Village. Read more on KDVR.
Former New York Federal Reserve Bank employee and his brother sentenced to prison for fraudulent loan schemes
Curtis L. Wiltshire, a former employee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“FRBNY”) and his brother, Kenneth Wiltshire, were sentenced today to 40 months and 57 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in schemes to obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent loans. The sentences were imposed today by United States…