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Category: ID Theft

GA: Identity thieves strike United Way

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Dissent

Aimee Jones reports: Doris Strickland, director of the Newton County United Way, contacted the Sheriff’s Office Friday to report that the computer she uses at the United Way office for business was hacked through her email. She reported that she changed all her passwords, but discovered nearly $1,400 had been charged at several restaurants on…

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NY: Colonial Car Wash credit breaches investigated

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Dissent

Keshia Clukey reports:  Rotterdam police Sunday warned the public about several debit and credit card breaches that occurred at the Colonial Car Wash starting in early March. Police were contacted by managers from M&T Bank, First Niagara and Price Chopper Federal Credit Union that there were several victims who had fraudulent activity on their accounts after using their cards at…

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Former Aetna employee arrested; found in possession of members’ identity information

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Dissent

Aetna Insurance has also reported a breach in recent months, but unlike the Anthem and Premera Blue Cross breaches, the Aetna breach does not appear to have been a massive one. In a letter dated January 8, the insurance company notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office that six Maryland residents were among those being notified that their information had…

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Guilty plea entered in fraud, ID theft case

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Dissent

The Stockton Record reports: A Roseville woman has been convicted in San Joaquin County after she collected thousands of dollars from an annuity scheme using the identities of employees from Stockton Unified School District and other area school districts. Magaly Morales, 52, pleaded to one count of felony insurance fraud with a white collar enhancement…

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AU: Man charged over identity theft ring operating from Qld

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Dissent

Tom Snowdon reports: Officers from Taskforce Maxima’s criminal economy unit today charged a 47-year-old man with one count of fraud following an investigation into the Middle Eastern-run identity theft operation. Detective Inspector Phillip Stevens said it will be alleged the syndicate had reaped more than a million dollars from financial institutions over the last six…

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FL: Federal Jury Finds Husband And Wife Guilty Of Operating A Clinic To Defraud Medicare

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Dissent

Here’s another case where patients knowingly participated in a Medicare fraud scheme, so I wouldn’t consider them victims (even though law enforcement never seems to prosecute them as criminals or co-conspirators). I think that the real victims here were the doctors whose identity information was misused to support the scheme and the insurance carrier who paid…

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