Anthony Fay reports that at an alert restaurant owner may have saved more of her customers from becoming victims of a rogue employee. The owner of a Springfield Chinese restaurant called police, after she allegedly discovered one of her waiters stealing customers’ credit and debit card information. Springfield police Sgt. John Delaney told 22News that…
Category: ID Theft
Ringleader of $24 Million Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Ring Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
There’s another follow-up to a case previously reported on PHIprivacy.net and more recently, on this site (here and here). A resident of Newnan, Georgia, was sentenced Friday to prison for her role as the ringleader of a $24 million stolen identity tax refund fraud (SIRF) conspiracy. The sentence was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of…
PA: “Shoulder surfing” thefts land couple in hot water
Torsten Ove reports: A former Cranberry couple likely are headed to federal prison after pleading guilty Friday in a “shoulder surfing” scheme in which they used a cell phone camera to record customers’ Social Security numbers at Walmart check-cashing counters across the country. Read more on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Courier accused of stealing credit card info
Andrel Harris of Cayman27 reports: A man appeared before the courts Friday (25 September) on fraud charges. The 28 year-old West Bay resident, is accused of obtaining property by deception. It is alleged he used his position as a courier to gather credit card details from his customers. He is then said to have used the details…
Ca: Stolen debit info from Regina being used in New York City
Michael Smyth reports: The Regina Police Service is alerting people that it’s received numerous complaints of debit card frauds this past week. Investigators say card numbers were stolen at different Regina businesses between March and April this year, likely by using skimming equipment. Suspects typically swap a machine with their own PIN pad, which records…
CA: John Gordon Baden sentenced for hacking mortgage broker, wire fraud
When John Gordon Baden was arrested in Mexico in November 2014, the FBI issued a press release that provided background on the case. The allegations reproduced below are only for historical purposes: John Gordon Baden along with his co-conspirators were allegedly responsible for stealing the identities of 40,000 people and then using the stolen information to…