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…
Category: ID Theft
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…
Former District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue Employee Sentenced to Jail for Stealing from Citizen’s Bank Account
WASHINGTON – Catyondia Ballard, 48, a former employee of the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue, was sentenced today to 16 weekends in jail, to be followed by 180 days of home detention, for the theft of over $114,000 from the bank account of a retired military member, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C….
California “Vendor” In Identity Theft And Credit Card Fraud on Carder.su Sentenced To More Than Eight Years In Prison
A northern California man who served as an information and document vendor in the identity theft and credit card fraud ring known as “Carder.su” was sentenced yesterday to serve 100 months in federal prison. He was further ordered to pay approximately $50.5 million in restitution. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s…