KWTX reports that Courtni Heryford, 29, was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing personal information from people who used public computers at some Galveston, Texas hotels. Heryford pleaded guilty Monday in Galveston to fraudulent possession of identifying information. Read more on KWTX, although they don’t explain which hotels or what kind of contact…
Category: ID Theft
Miami Dade College Student Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Student Financial Services Accounts
A Miami Dade College student was sentenced to 51 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $29,289, for his participation in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme involving student financial services accounts. Smith Jean, 23, previously pled guilty to one count…
Ex-Virginia Wesleyan student sentenced for ID theft
There’s a follow-up to a case previously noted on this site. Scott Daugherty reports: A former Virginia Wesleyan College student was sentenced Monday to two and a half years in federal prison for stealing the identities of several classmates and applying for more than 100 credit cards. Upon her release, Katecha “Tisha” Thomas will have…
WI: Fraudulent Green Dot accounts set up using stolen identities
Katrina Cravy and Leeann Watson report that fraudsters are opening Green Dot accounts using stolen identity information. Green Dot offers prepaid Visa or MasterCard debit cards. Police departments nationwide have crime alerts on this scam including Oak Creek. “I have probably over 100 since February and I know other jurisdictions all around us are just getting inundated…
NY: Oceanside gym owner gets prison time for using members’ credit card info
Ellen Yan provides an update on the owner of 5 Star Kickboxing (formerly known as KOXO Kickboxing) who was arraigned in January for misusing customer credit card information. Thomas Donovan has been sentenced to 3 years in prison, 3 years’ post-release supervision, and restitution of $17,719.27 to Home Depot and $690.50 to an Oceanside scrap metal recycler. Read more on Newsday (subscription…
Carder.su member sentenced to 12 years
Robert Abel reports: Jermaine Smith, a member of the cybercrime syndicate Carder[dot]su, was sentenced to over 12 years in prison this Thursday, and ordered to pay $50.8 million in restitution. The 34-year-old Smith (a.k.a.”SirCharlie57” and “Fairbusinessman”) pleaded guilty in October 2014 to one count of participating in a racketeer-influenced corrupt organization, according to a Department of Justice release….