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Daniel Kaye, an operator behind The Real Deal market, arraigned on federal charges

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Dissent

ATLANTA – Daniel Kaye has been arraigned on charges of access device fraud and money laundering conspiracy. Kaye’s charges arise from his alleged operation of The Real Deal, a Dark Web market that sold, among other things, hacking tools and stolen login credentials, and his laundering of funds he received from that market. “While living…

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PG&E was publicly exposing partial SSN information of US consumers through its use of Experian Identity Verification questions.

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Dissent

Somehow I missed this one but it’s so significant that even though I am late with linking to it, I hope to make more people aware of it.  @Lucky225 writes: I recently discovered PG&E will let you sign up for electricity online without providing your SSN. Their website offered an option for “Alternate Identification”, so…

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Health worker photographed patient credit cards and went shopping with them, cops say

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Dissent

Brendan Rascius reports: A Maryland woman accused of using stolen credit and debit card information — then using it to shop online — has been charged with 120 counts of theft and fraud, police said in a news release. The woman was employed at a Walgreens in Cambridge, Maryland, a riverside city of about 13,000…

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SCOOP: Australian national known as “DR32” to stand trial in U.S. on hacking charges

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Dissent

Australia has ordered an Australian national, David Kee Crees, extradited to the U.S., where he faces 22 counts involving hacking, fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Two of Crees’ better-known aliases were “Abdilo” and “DR32.” “Abdilo” DataBreaches started reporting on Crees in 2015 when he was known to this site as “Abdilo.”  At the time, he…

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Tax fraud ring leader jailed for selling children’s stolen identities

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Dissent

Sergiu Gatlan reports: The owner of a fraudulent tax preparation business, Ariel Jimenez, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling the stolen identities of thousands of children on welfare and helping “customers” to falsely claim tax credits, causing tens of millions of dollars in tax loss. His “customers” used the stolen identity info…

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Ex-MLB pitcher and Ohio mayor Chuck Smith sentenced to 33 months in dark web credit card fraud

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Dissent

From major league pitcher to suburban mayor to Amazon driver to…. prison. Wow. Lukas Alpert reports: A former major league pitcher who later served two terms as the mayor of a Cleveland suburb, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for using stolen credit card info to buy gas. Charles E. Smith, Jr., 52,…

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