Emma Youle reports: The personal information of more than 47,000 people living in Brent has been put up for sale on the dark web, according to new data revealing the startling scale of online identity fraud. […] C6 Intelligence, which works with leading financial and retail companies, has penetrated more than 50 criminal websites and…
Category: ID Theft
Former University of South Dakota Football Player Admits To ID Theft
Ben Dunsmoor reports: A former University of South Dakota football player involved in a tax fraud scheme has pleaded guilty. Christopher Lundy, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft in federal court Monday morning. Lundy is one of nearly a dozen people tied to a tax fraud ring that involved several USD…
MS: Former Dept of Public Safety Employee Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft Charges
Hattiesburg, Miss – Former Mississippi Department of Public Safety employee Yolanda Jean Perkins, 48, of Laurel, Lorena Gomez, 33, of Laurel, and Jose Martel Rivera, 32, an illegal alien from Mexico, all pled guilty in federal court on August 18, 2014, to conspiracy to commit identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Raymond…
NH: Former Manchester Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Federal Offense
I missed this one when it first appeared on July 29th, but it is an insider breach of note: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Joseph Cespedes, 37, formerly a police officer in Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to misprision of a felony, announced United States…
FL: Seven Defendants Charged In Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Amos Rojas, Jr., U.S. Marshal, U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), announce the indictment of seven individuals for their roles in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme. The indictment charges…
FL: Homestead Resident Sentenced In Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
A follow-up to one of the cases previously noted (Case 15) on this blog: Mark Anthony Dacres, Jr., 30, of Homestead, was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro to 81 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Dacres was also ordered to pay $34,920.00 in restitution. Dacres previously…