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…
Category: ID Theft
Broward Resident Sentenced for his Role in Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Stolen Credit Card Numbers
This is a follow-up on a case originally covered on PHIprivacy.net. As I noted in that coverage, the prosecution never revealed the name of the medical office/provider from whom patient identity information was stolen. They still don’t: A Broward resident was sentenced to 34 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and…
Seven Sacramento Residents Indicted for Identity and Mail Theft Scheme
A federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment today against seven Sacramento residents, charging them with conspiracy, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of stolen mail, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. The indictment alleges that co-defendants Steven Khamkeuanekeo, 33, Kay Lee, 26, Chee Yang, 27, Frank Her, 36, Amy Her, 33,…
NM: Dona Ana County Clerk employees involved in fraudulent tax return check-cashing scheme
Patrick Hayes and Jesse Martinez report: Seven people were arrested, including employees at the county clerk’s office, in connection with an identity-theft scheme, authorities said. An arrest warrant was executed in Anthony, New Mexico, Friday that resulted in the arrest of four people at a residence. Evidence found in those arrests resulted in three county…
Former St. Louis IRS worker filed 356 fraudulent tax returns
Robert Patrick reports: A former employee of an IRS office in St. Louis pleaded guilty to federal charges Monday and admitted filing more than 356 false tax returns, prosecutors said. Demetria Michele Brown, 38, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Jefferson City to two counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity…
NJ: Hackers Steal $240K From Mahwah Businessman’s Bank Account
Sean Adams reports: In Mahwah, hackers set their sights on a local businessman and obtained enough of his personal information to convince his bank to wire $240,000 overseas. Police Chief James Batelli said they even hijacked the man’s phone number, so when the bank called to verify “That is call forwarded to Brussels and the person…