Sam Cohen reports: Vacaville investigators are asking diners of a burger restaurant to check their bank statements following a string of identity thefts. Almost 200 people have been identified as victims in this identity theft case. Cops were first alerted to it in early March, and traced the credit card number thefts back to Nation’s…
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TX: Confidential tax documents litter neighborhood
Jonathan Betz of WFAA in Texas reports that a Fort Worth neighborhood was littered with dozens of tax documents containing names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers. Nearly all said they had their taxes prepared at a North Dallas tax service. An employee there told News 8 he was aware of the security breach, and blamed…
Credit unions issue warnings on debit cards
There’s been a breach somewhere…. but we don’t know which merchant yet. King Ring and Bill Fortier report from Massachusetts: Customers of two local credit unions are being warned to keep a close eye on accounts linked to their debit cards after some apparently fraudulent activity was noticed. Both GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner…
Feds: Ring bought stolen credit card numbers, spent thousands in Central Florida
Amy Pavuk reports: Secret Service agents say seven members of a Central Florida crime ring spent hundreds of thousands of dollars with stolen credit card numbers, which were purchased over the Internet from people who hacked into business computers and obtained the data. […] The local Secret Service investigation began in September, when an agent…
Men Charged With Theft of 3,600 Credit Card Numbers From Los Altos & Mountain View Gas Pumps
Claudia Cruz reports: Two men from Southern California face felony charges after they placed credit card skimmers inside several gas pumps in Los Altos and Mountain View in December, according to the Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said Tuesday they filed eight felony counts against Boris Tumasyan, 24, and Sarkis Sarkisyan, 23, that included…
Rogue Penn Mutual employee may have accessed and disclosed customer personal and financial information
Penn Mutual Life Insurance reports that a former employee may have accessed and disclosed customer information. Through their lawyers, Penn Mutual informed the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office on February 1 that despite their forensic efforts, they were not able to determine definitively which customer accounts were improperly accessed, but they believe that the employee…