Following up on a previously noted breach, five people have been indicted in the acquisition and misuse of nearly two dozen Saks Fifth Avenue customers’ information.
Category: ID Theft
Trial in massive ID theft case postponed
AP reports that the trial for nine people from Alabama and Georgia accused in a massive identity theft case has been postponed at the joint request of the prosecution and defense. The nine are accused of stealing IDs from the Alabama Department of Corrections, a credit card processing center in Columbus, Georgia, and the military…
VA: Beach inmate filed false tax returns using prisoners stolen identities
13NewsNow reports: An inmate at Virginia Beach Jail was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison Thursday for fraud after he stole the identity of fellow prisoners and filed false tax returns, officials said. Travis Hager, 24, of Norfolk, Virginia, was sentenced for wire fraud and false claims against the United States. Read more on 13NewsNow
Former State of Alabama Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Identities from State Databases
WTVY reports: 30-year-old Tamika Floyd a resident of Salem, Ala., pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of aggravated identity theft for her involvement in a Stolen Identity Tax Refund Scheme (SIRF), announced Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and…
FL: Former corrections officer sent to prison for stealing inmate identities
Tampa Bay Times reports an update to a previously noted case: A former state correctional officer from Tampa has been sentenced to federal prison for more than four years for stealing the identity of inmates to file fraudulent tax returns. Jerry St. Fleur, 26, was given four years and three months in prison for wire…
NC: 2 charged with ID theft
WCNC reports: Police arrested a man and woman accused of identity theft in the Charlotte area. CMPD charged Brent Caltagirone and Karima Lane with identity theft and conspiracy to commit identity theft and trafficking in stolen IDs on September 26. Detectives determined through an investigation that Caltagirone was given the names and social security numbers…