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…
Category: ID Theft
PA: Benecard employees say data breach made them victims of tax refund fraud
Barbara Miller reports: A class action lawsuit filed Feb. 26 claims prescription benefit company Benecard Services Inc., which has an office in Mechanicsburg, failed to notify former employees and customers of a recent data breach. The suit, filed in U.S. Middle District Court by Harrisburg attorney Benjamin Andreozzi, is on behalf of five former employees…
All in the family: Three Milwaukee sisters face 90 felony charges for filing fraudulent tax returns
Ashley Sears reports on a tax refund fraud scheme that included using the identity information of prisoners in the Mississippi prison system: Three sisters from the Milwaukee area are facing a total of 90 felony charges for filing fraudulent income tax returns following a two-year investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue’s (DOR) Criminal Investigation…
TX: Missouri City Woman Charged with Stealing More Than $1 Million from Former Employer
Michelle Robyn Freytag, 47, was arrested last week, following the return of a 20-count federal indictment alleging wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The indictment, returned Feb. 11, 2015, alleges Freytag was hired in April 2009 to be the executive assistant for a Houston businessman. Freytag was hired in April 2009, according to the indictment. As…
GA: Four Sentenced On Card Fraud Charges
Four men from Tampa, Florida were sentenced today in Georgia. All four defendants entered guilty pleas to possessing unauthorized access devices on October 23, 2014. According to facts stipulated in their plea agreements, on May 9, 2014, a Lowndes County, Georgia deputy stopped the vehicle in which the four were travelling on Interstate 75. During…
Ca: Police charge former bank employee
CTV reports: Calgary Police have now charged a woman who used to work at a bank in the southwest with identity theft and fraud. Between June 2012 and November 2013, police say a woman working at a customer experience associate unlawfully requested personal information from several customers of the bank. […] Police say 20 customers…