Edwin Mejia pled guilty yesterday to participating in a scheme to cash more than $400,000 in fraudulently obtained federal tax refund checks issued in other people’s names. He was arrested in March 2014 and pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer. According to the allegations in the Complaint and Information filed in Manhattan federal court, and statements…
Category: ID Theft
KY: Former jail employee pleads guilty to identity theft charges
Marla Toncray reports: A former employee of the Mason County Detention Center has entered a guilty plea to charges of identity theft. In May, Belinda A. Morton, 43, was indicted on four counts false statement as to identity, for the purpose of procuring the issuance of a credit card using the name and identity of…
FL Former Postal Employee And Conspirators Sentenced In Tax Fraud And Identity Theft Scheme
Rashad Lamond Anderson, 23, of Tampa, Annecia Bellandra Larkins, 23, and Tavin Gernard Larkins, 23, both of Havana, and Almecia Endelease Pillers, 21, of Quincy, were sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Mark Walker after pleading guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft charges. The…
CO: New skimmer device discovered at RTD station; several victims say money missing from accounts
Marshall Zelinger reports: RTD [Regional Transportation District] customer credit card information has been stolen with the use of a skimmer that the transit company didn’t know about until recently. Read more on TheDenverChannel.
Two More Defendants Sentenced In Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Personal Identifying Information From AT&T Customer Files
Monique Smith, 31, of Pompano Beach, and Arrington Basil Segu, 28, of Miami, were sentenced Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke. Smith was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $55,263.45 in restitution. Segu was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three…
Large-scale security breach at banks in USVI and BVI
The Virgin Islands Consortium reports: FirstBank VI is in the middle of a massive security breach crisis, with many of its Visa Debit card customers blocked from using their cards and some customers claiming to have had “thousands of dollars” stolen from their personal accounts. Banco Popular and Scotia Bank on St. Croix are also reporting security breaches…