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….
Category: ID Theft
TN: Former Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital employee indicted for identity theft and fraud
George Brown reports on a breach that’s news to me: A former Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital employee has been indicted for identity theft and fraud. Investigators started looking at Fannie Randolph, 52, in late 2013 and was fired a short time later. Randolph worked in the emergency room where she reportedly used patient information to,…
PH: Bulgarian who hacked Bill Gates’ account nabbed in Quezon City
Andrei Medina reports: A Bulgarian national jailed in Paraguay in 2011 for allegedly hacking the account of the world’s richest man Bill Gates was arrested in an entrapment operation in Quezon City on Thursday . […] According to Interpol, [Konstantin Simeonov] Kavrakov, tagged by international authorities as the “king of the hackers”, is engaged in…
FL: Former Miami Dade College employee indicted in tax refund fraud scheme
From today’s press release from the USAO for the Southern District of Florida: United States v. Michelson Jeancy, Case No. 15-20230-CR-Huck On April 3, 2015, defendant Michelson Jeancy, 35, of Miami, was charged by indictment for his participation in an identity theft tax fraud scheme. According to the indictment, Jeancy was an employee of a Miami-Dade…
FL: Fraudulent tax returns used PII obtained from Texas
These fraudsters allegedly used information obtained from the Texas Dept. of Public Safety, but the press release gives no clue as to how they obtained it. United States v. John Mackenley Cesar, et. al, Case No. 15-60071-CR-Zloch On April 2, 2015, John Mackenley Cesar, 26, of Miami, Chedlor Dorilus, 22, of Hollywood, Lawrence Bernadel (“Bernadel”), 22, of Tallahassee, Ariel Ronet Walker,…
FL: Employee of unnamed community health care provider indicted for stealing 9,000 patients’ info
And yet another insider breach in the healthcare sector results in criminal prosecution. The entity is not named in the press release and the case is not yet up on PACER: United States v. Yvenante Achille, Case. No. 15-20229-CR-Lenard In April 3, 2015, defendant Yvenante Achille, 30, of Miami, was charged by indictment for her participation…