CityNews reports: After a two-month investigation, Halton police have charged a 48-year-old Toronto man with making identity information available for a fraudulent purpose. Moussa Kante, a former employee of GM Financial, was allegedly providing customers’ identity information to counterfeiters. Read more on CityNews.
Category: ID Theft
PA: Married Montco Business Owners Steal $124K by Using Personal Information From Victims: Police
David Chang reports: Police are searching for a Montgomery County couple who they say swindled tens of thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims, using their names and social security numbers. Eric Martin, 33, and his wife and business partner, 29-year-old Portia Martin, are accused of creating credit accounts by using stolen identity information and making…
Darkode back online: Hacker forum moves to dark web weeks after global arrests
Shades of whack-a-mole. David Gilbert reports: Darkode, the black market where hackers buy and sell malware, is back less than two weeks after it was seized by the FBI and taken offline. On 14 July, a joint operation by the FBI, Europol, the US Department of Justice and the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), as well…
MD: Brunswick police investigate stolen credit card information that may be linked to café
Paige Jones reports: Brunswick police are investigating reports of stolen credit card information that may be linked to a cafe in that city, according to Chief Milt Frech. At least four people contacted the Brunswick Police Department in mid-June to report that their credit cards had been compromised. For three people, “the common thread is…
IN: Woman given probation for role in ID theft scheme
Following up on a previously noted insider breach in the financial sector… NWI reports: A woman was sentenced Thursday to five years on probation and ordered to pay $47,449 in restitution to Fifth Third Bank for an identity theft scam, U.S. District Court records show. Kathryn Jackson was employed as a lead customer service representative…
CVS pharmacy clerk busted over theft of patient data
Lauren Mascarenhas reports: The California State Board of Pharmacy has suspended the license of a pharmacy technician accused of stealing data regarding 100 patients, which was used for identity theft. The board is also seeking to revoke the license of Nicole Yvonne Flores, who worked at CVS on Saturn Boulevard in San Diego, near Imperial…