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Category: ID Theft

Not-so Anonymous: How hackers wreaked havoc in St. Louis

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Dissent

David Hunn has a lengthy piece on how so-called hacktivists and identity thieves disrupted the lives of people who were neither responsible for Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson nor for law enforcement’s response. Here’s how it begins: The first call came on a Thursday, 12 days after Michael Brown was shot. Patti Knowles and her granddaughter…

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AU: Customs issue new notice linking customs brokers to identity theft

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Dissent

Andrew Hudson of Gadens Lawyers write: The CBFCA National Conference is currently in session in the Gold Coast and many of the early sessions (including mine) have addressed the relationship between the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (“Customs”) and those who deal with and report to Customs such as licensed customs brokers (“LCB”). …….

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OH: More details emerge on Willard Park Garage breach

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Dissent

Cory Shaffer reports: The vendor that runs the parking garage under Cleveland City Hall confirmed a data breach in late October potentially compromised sensitive information of hundreds of people who park in the garage. Ken Russo, director of support services for Datapark, confirmed in a city-issued statement that the company’s financial security system had been breached,…

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Three sentenced in fraudulent Mississippi driver’s license case

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Dissent

There’s an update to a case previously noted on this blog: Yolanda Jean Perkins, 48, of Laurel, a former driver’s license examiner for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety; Lorena Gomez, 33, of Laurel; and Elmer Enrique Martinez-Velasquez a/k/a Jose Martell Rivera, 32, an illegal alien from Mexico residing in Albertville, Alabama, were sentenced in…

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Home Depot Breach Costs CUs $60M

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Dissent

Nicholas Ballasy reports: The Home Depot data breach cost credit unions almost $60 million, nearly twice as much as the Target breach, according to survey results released by CUNA Thursday. In the survey conducted from Oct. 1 to Oct. 24, 835 credit unions reported that 7.2 million credit union debit and credit cards were affected…

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Alabama Bail Bondsman Sentenced for Stealing Identities that Were Used to File Fraudulent Tax Returns

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Dissent

A former bail bondsman in Dothan, Alabama, was sentenced yesterday to serve 51 months in prison for his involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama…

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