A Notre Dame University alumnus, Gary Caruso, has taken to the Web to question how Notre Dame University Alumni Association records were obtained by Illinois Republican Gubernatorial candidate Andy McKenna’s campaign. According to Caruso, McKenna is an alumnus of NDU and those alumni who were in his class have found themselves on the receiving end…
Author: Dissent
UK: Information safety fears as personal data is lost
Adam Morris and Michael Blackley report: Fresh fears have been raised over the protection of personal information after both the city council and NHS Lothian were hit by new “data loss” incidents. The Evening News has uncovered a series of cases where sensitive information has been lost or stolen in the past year. They range…
(follow-up) RI: Ringleader of credit card scheme gets 11 years
NBC10 reports: A federal judge Friday sentenced Eric Snead, 33, of Providence, to 11 years in prison for orchestrating an identity theft and credit card fraud scheme. Snead and co-conspirators compromised the accounts of nearly 50 victims and defrauded banks of more than $400,000 by obtaining duplicate credit cards of victims’ accounts and using the…
IL: Social Security numbers found lying in street
Lisa Black and John Keilman report: When Elida Cruz worked in the banking industry, she assured clients that their personal information would remain confidential. So, imagine her horror when she learned that much of her own information, including her Social Security number, birth date, phone number and job history, had become astonishingly public, floating down…
MN: Stolen mortgage info led to spree
James Walsh reports: Jason Alan Tauer worked for Ameriquest Mortgage Company as a mortgage associate for only six weeks. Turned out to be a pretty fruitful month and a half for Tauer — and a pretty costly one to nearly 100 people and several financial institutions. Using personal information he lifted from the mortgage applications…
MA: Former Revere resident details family’s national credit card fraud, ID theft scheme
Details of a Revere family’s nationwide credit card and identification theft scheme were disclosed by a convicted family member who testified Friday at the federal court trial of the lone remaining defendant, an associate from Texas. Donald Desimone, Jr., 45, formerly of 43 Hight St., Revere, who currently awaits a February sentencing, described the massive…