Brian Krebs reports: More than seven weeks after this publication broke the news of a possible credit card breach at nationwide sandwich chain Jimmy John’s, the company now confirms that a break-in at one of its payment vendors jeopardized customer credit and debit card information at 216 stores. […] The statement from Jimmy John’s doesn’t…
Category: ID Theft
Tax refund fraud schemes – 60 Minutes reports
Last night, Steve Kroft’s episode on 60 Minutes looked at ID theft and tax refund fraud schemes. You can read the transcript here.
FL: Tax refund fraud scheme involved two insiders misusing databases
WTXL reports that five people have been indicted in a tax refund fraud scheme that included two employees misusing their access to databases. One of those indicted, Katrina Pratt, had been an administrative assistant in human resources at Florida A & M University (FAMU), and allegedly used the identities of 40 students there as part…
CA: Indio man arrested in credit card theft case
An Indio, California man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of misusing customers’ credit card numbers for fraudulent purposes. Vladimir Pustilnikov, 38, claimed to own B&E Appliance Heating and Air Conditioning, but law enforcement said, “The license number he advertised on his service contracts and business cards does not belong to him.” Law enforcement suspects that…
Home Depot notifies New Hampshire of breach
This just in: Hogan Lovells, attorneys for Home Depot, sent the New Hampshire Attorney General a notification of the breach. Their letter, dated September 9, reiterates that they first learned of a possible breach on September 2 and confirmed it on September 9. Home Depot still doesn’t have exact numbers, it seems. The letter says…
Man sentenced for using U. Hawaii Foundation money to pay gambling debt
The Star-Advertiser reports: A former University of Hawaii Foundation employee is not going to prison for using scholarship money to pay off a gambling debt. A federal judge sentenced Dodge Watson, 34, to three years’ probation Monday for forging the signatures of other foundation employees to get approval for a $2,000 scholarship check made payable…