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Category: ID Theft

NC: Nurse, pastor’s wife pleads guilty to ID theft

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Dissent

Diane Turbyfill reports: A Belmont woman used her position as a nurse and pastor’s wife to defraud two elderly people. Deborah Costner Taylor pleaded guilty in court Friday to identity theft and obtaining property by false pretense. […] She is married to the pastor of East Belmont Baptist Church and worked at CaroMont Regional Medical…

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Bank of America Claims Victim “Benefited” From Identity Theft

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Dissent

From the financial-chutzpah dept.: Bank of America allegedly refuses to reverse an identity theft victim’s bank charges, claiming that she — wait for it — benefited from the withdrawn (read: stolen) funds: Van Valer said they made her feel responsible for the fraud. Initially, the bank reversed $21,000 of fraudulent charges but it refuses to…

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OH: Four indicted in 83-count, seven-county identity fraud scheme

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Dissent

Adam Ferrise reports: Four people are accused of ripping off thousands of dollars from unsuspecting residents of seven Ohio counties through a sophisticated identity theft scheme. Ming Chun Shi, 33, and Dong Houdong, 26, both of New York City, Yu Liu, 35, of Brooklyn, New York and Wen Fei Shi, 33, of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania…

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Apple Pay Stung by Low-Tech Fraudsters

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Dissent

Robin Sidel and Daisuke Wakabayashi report: Apple Inc. ’s new mobile-payment system has been hit by a wave of fraudulent transactions using credit-card data stolen in recent breaches of big retailers, including Home Depot Inc. and Target Corp. , people familiar with the matter said. About 80% of the unauthorized purchases have been for big-ticket…

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Report of credit card breach at Mandarin Oriental

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: In response to questions from KrebsOnSecurity, upscale hotel chain Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group today confirmed that its hotels have been affected by a credit card breach. Reached for comment about reports from financial industry sources about a pattern of fraudulent charges on customer cards that had all recently been used at Mandarin hotels, the…

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AL: Former Dothan police officer arrested

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Dissent

I read a news report earlier today saying a Dothan Police officer had resigned after being charged with identity theft and credit card fraud, and I wondered if he had misused police databases or if the identity theft occurred outside of his work. It turns out that the identity theft allegedly occurred while he served…

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