Austin Baird reports: For the better part of three years, Alan Michael Bartlett of Owosso, Mich., was the leader of U.S. Disabled Veterans, LLC and U.S. Handicapped-Disadvantaged Services, LLC. The organizations sound noble enough, but a jury on Monday found the 46-year-old guilty of using the businesses as a front to defraud dozens of people…
Category: ID Theft
Former correctional officer sentenced to prison for stealing identities of Troy jail inmates
Erin Edgemon reports: A former correctional officer at the Troy Police Department City Jail was sentenced to 32 months in prison for his involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme. Devon Tucker, 31, pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of aggravated…
Miami-Dade County Brothers Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Identity Theft Schemes Involving Unemployment Insurance Fraud and Federal and State Tax Fraud
Two Miami-Dade County brothers were each sentenced to 70 months in prison for identity theft schemes involving unemployment insurance fraud, federal income tax fraud, and state income tax fraud. Densom Beaucejour, 22, and Winzord Beaucejour, 21, both of Miami Gardens, each previously pled guilty to one count of possession of fifteen or more unauthorized access…
NJ: Two People Charged In Scheme To Steal 94,000 Debit And Credit Cards From Michaels’ Stores In 19 States
Two people were charged Thursday for allegedly participating in a large-scale conspiracy to steal 94,000 credit and debit cards from customers at approximately 80 Michaels’ Stores in 19 states and then use that information to make fraudulent withdrawals from the customers’ bank accounts. Angel Angulo, 25, of Riverside, California, and Crystal Banuelos, 28, of Bloomington, California,…
Four Sentenced For Filing Over 1100 Fraudulent Tax Returns In South Georgia
Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that the three following defendants were sentenced on July 27, 2015 in United States District Court by the Honorable W. Louis Sands, Senior U.S. District Court Judge. Patrice Taylor, age 34, of Ashburn, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison…
Daniel Placek to plead guilty for role in creating Darkode
Cary Spivak and Lucas Daprile report: A computer owned by Daniel Placek — a suburban Milwaukee man who helped create an international malware marketplace — contained 74,190 credit card numbers and 297 bank account numbers when it was seized during an FBI raid in 2010, documents filed in federal court Friday state. The information is contained in…