Burlington Free Press reports: Healthy Living informed its customers Friday afternoon of a potential security breach after some customers of the store found unauthorized charges to their credit cards in November and December of 2014. Read more on Burlington Free Press. The firm learned of the breach on March 25, and has been investigating since…
Category: ID Theft
IRS investigator from Alabama charged with fraud, identity theft in agency’s latest scandal
Elizabeth Beshears reports: An IRS agent from Alabama and his accomplice have been indicted for fraud and identity theft, resulting in thirty charges between the two men for conspiring to file fake tax returns. The indictments are the latest in a string of scandals to rock the agency responsible for collecting federal taxes and enforcing…
For years, a Passport Agency contractor copied passport applicants’ data to create fake identities
Colby Itkowitz reports: A woman employed as a State Department contractor was indicted in Houston on Wednesday for an alleged identity theft scheme using personal information she stole while working at a passport office. The contractor, Chloe McClendon, and two other women were charged “with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and…
Tampa Man Sentenced To Seven Years For Credit Card Fraud And Identity Theft
Ricardo Romero-Mesa (44, Tampa) was sentenced on Friday to seven years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft. The Court also ordered him to forfeit $13,423.79, which are the proceeds traceable to his criminal conduct. He pleaded guilty on January 15, 2015. According to court documents, in early…
Former Blue Cross worker pleads guilty to filing over 180 fraudulent tax returns
WTVM reports that a former Blue Cross Blue Shield customer service employee has pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Danielle Wallace admitted to filing 180 fraudulent tax returns and stealing nearly $500,000. The false returns used personal information obtained from Blue Cross Blue Shield members who had called the…
PayIvy Sells Your Online Accounts Via PayPal
Brian Krebs reports: Normally, if one wishes to buy stolen account credentials for paid online services like Netflix, Hulu, XBox Live or Spotify, the buyer needs to visit a cybercrime forum or drop into a dark Web marketplace that only accepts Bitcoin as payment. Increasingly, however, these accounts are showing up for sale at Payivy[dot]com, an open Web marketplace that happily accepts PayPal in exchange for…