Three Brampton men are among nine people charged with province-wide point-of-sale “pin pad” tampering following a joint forces investigation led by the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau. The investigation started in Parry Sound last November and a group of suspects was soon identified. They were believed responsible for numerous incidents of tampering with credit card…
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MO: Former police officer, wife plead guilty to ID theft targeting UCM students
Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former officer for the University of Central Missouri Police Department and his wife have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in an identity theft conspiracy that targeted students at the university. Amanda J. Drake, 30, of Warrensburg, Mo.,…
MO: Man pleads guilty to ID theft, card fraud
Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing identity information from customers at the Plaza restaurant where he worked, then using that information to make online purchases. John David Woody, 35, of Los Angeles, Calif., formerly…
State Department Employee Sentenced for Illegally Accessing Confidential Passport Files
A State Department employee was sentenced yesterday to 12 months of probation for illegally accessing 70 confidential passport application files. The sentence was announced by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. Susan Holloman, 58, of Washington, D.C., was also ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay in the District of Columbia…
Man Sentenced for Stealing Fed Chairman’s Identity (updated)
Cary O’Reilly reports: An Illinois man was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for helping to lead an identity theft ring that counted Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and his wife Anna among its victims. Leonardo Darnell Zanders, 49, of Dolton, Illinois, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce…
Thief takes barrels of old X-rays from Carle Clinic
Mary Schenk reports: Urbana police believe that the thief who made off with hundreds of old Carle Clinic X-rays intended for recycling was intent on their silver value, not their informational value. On Jan. 13, a man who is believed to have done the same thing at other hospitals in Illinois showed up at the…