Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that Bryant T. Johnson, aged 26, of Albany, Georgia entered a guilty plea to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft on June 17, 2015 before the Honorable W. Louis Sands, Senior U. S. District Court Judge,…
Category: ID Theft
Armenian Skimmer Leader Pleads Guilty
Wes Mayer reports: Davit Kudugulyan, the leader of an Armenian group that stole financial information from hundreds of victims throughout multiple states, including numerous victims in Coweta County, pleaded guilty in New York County on Wednesday. Last March, Kudugulyan and three other suspects, Garegin Spartalyan, Hayk Dzhandzhapanyan and Aram Martirosian, were arrested in New York…
Missing Link Network breach affects winery clients (update3)
Missing Link Network, the e-commerce provider for a number of wineries, notified its clients on May 27th of a breach that occurred between April 1 and April 30. The breach resulted in the attacker gaining access to customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, and payment card data. Affected clients include (links go to their notification…
In: OlaCabs hacked, credit card info accessed; company denies data breach
Shruti Dhapola reports: A hacker group by the name Team Unknown has claimed that they successfully hacked into OlaCabs and managed to get access to sensitive information like credit-card history, vouchers, user behaviour. Ola has denied these claims. According to the post, which was shared on Reddit, the hackers put out snapshots which showcased credit cards…
Eataly payment card breach spanned 3 months; NYC customers offered credit monitoring services
Eataly, the high-end Italian food market that announced a payment system breach provided additional details in an update: Eataly NY, LLC (“Eataly”) recently became aware of a personal information security incident possibly affecting certain individuals who made a payment card purchase at the Eataly NYC Retail Marketplace, located at 200 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010 (the “NYC…
AR: Medical assistant pleads guilty to aggravated identity theft
Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced Wednesday that Mesha White, age 34, of Little Rock, appeared before United States District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright on June 3, 2015, and pled guilty to an indictment charging her with aggravated identity theft. In April 2014, a federal grand jury returned…