Charles D. Taylor, 47, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. to two years imprisonment and ordered to pay over $29,000 in restitution for aggravated identity theft. Taylor pled guilty in June 2009, admitting that while he was incarcerated in Pennsylvania, he obtained personal identifying information of prison…
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Leader of $2 Million ID Theft Ring Pleads Guilty in VA
After six of seven scheduled witnesses testified at his trial, Leonardo Darnell Zanders, age 49, of Dolton, Ill., pled guilty Monday in federal court in Virginia to conspiring to commit bank fraud as one of the leaders in a nationwide identity theft ring that has resulted in a total loss of more than $2.1 million…
Texas man and woman sentenced in Missouri for tax fraud scheme
Two people were sentenced yesterday on charges of aggravated identity theft, conspiracy and possession with the intent to use false identification documents in a scheme to file false income tax returns. The convictions resulted from a scheme in which the defendants, Marco Cardoso-Cisneros and Jacqueline Garza-Hernandez, obtained the names, social security numbers and dates of…
Former Miami-Dade County Public Schools employee pleads guilty to credit card fraud and ID theft
A former employee of Miami-Dade County Public Schools pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of credit card fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. According to information made public at her plea hearing, Roshell Demps, 28, worked in the Risk & Benefits Office at the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS), and…
Ohio Officials, Insurers Look to Protect Policyholder Data
Starting Nov. 2, 2009, Ohio regulators and all insurance companies that do business in the state will begin new procedures designed to protect policyholders’ personal information. Insurance companies will be required to report any loss of policyholder information within their possession to the Department of Insurance within 15 days of the discovery that the information…
EKU posted about 5,000 Social Security numbers online for a year
The names and Social Security numbers of about 5,000 Eastern Kentucky University faculty, staff and student workers were posted inadvertently on the Internet last September, where they have been displayed for a year, according to EKU President Doug Whitlock. There’s no evidence the information was accessed or replicated, Whitlock said in a campus-wide e-mail sent…