A Union County man was sentenced to three years in state prison Friday for his role in a scheme to steal people’s identities and engage in credit card fraud. Andres A. Correa, 30, of Elizabeth, who is also known as Frank Perec, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Robert J. Mega in Union Elizabeth, according…
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IA: Would you like a French manicure with your ID theft?
An arrest warrant has been issued for Nam Huu Nguyen, 36, Ames, in connection with a credit card fraud investigation at L&D #1 Nails, 640 S. Monroe Ave. Nguyen is suspected in the theft and fraudulent use of customer’s credit card information during the months of September and October 2010, according to a news release…
(Update) Civic Center credit card breach may be a computer hack
More on a breach first reported here yesterday: Investigators believe the scammers used either a skimming device or a computer hack to steal credit and debit card information from victims that had used their cards at the Onondaga County Civic Center. Police have now heard from more than 60 victims. So far, Syracuse Police say…
How do you say, “Maybe we shouldn’t have stored your credit card data” in Japanese?
The Japan Foundation of Los Angeles recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a security incident involving an unnamed vendor who hosts their web site at jfalc.org. According the October 21 letter filed by their attorneys, on September 18, JFLA discovered that the names, dates of birth and credit card information for those…
Tax records stolen in North Carolina for the data?
Matthew Hensley reports: Identity thieves may have stolen hundreds, perhaps thousands, of records from a former tax preparer, according to a police report. Latina Harris said someone broke into a residence at 412 Cleveland St. in Laurinburg, and stole eight filing cabinets full of information left over from when her mother, Ester Gaino, prepared taxes….
AU: Telstra botched mail-out exposes 220,000 customers
Asher Moses reports: Telstra is being investigated by both the communications and privacy watchdogs after it sent out 220,000 letters that contained account information belonging to other customers. The letters, which contained the name, phone number and telephone plan of customers other than the recipients, explained upcoming fixed line price changes. Telstra blamed the privacy…