Jeff Goldman reports that Rodney St. Fleur’s (aka Rodney Saintfleur) co-conspirators have been sentenced for their roles in the tax refund fraud scheme: Frantz Pierre, 34, Terry Pierre, 29, and Christmanie Bissainthe, 33, were recently sentenced to prison for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund (SIRF) scheme involving approximately $2.2 million in fraudulent…
Category: ID Theft
Olmstead Medical Center breach update
KAAL-TV reports: It was reported to the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office that an employee at the Olmsted Medical Center in Byron had their tax information stolen and the IRS has already sent their tax return to someone else. The Rochester Police Department told us they’ve had about a dozen reports of this happening. This comes…
Ex-Miami cop gets 12 years for ID theft, tax fraud
There’s another update to a case involving corrupt Miami law enforcement officers previously covered on this blog. Jay Weaver of the Miami Herald recently reported that Malinsky Bazile was sentenced to 12 years in prison for stealing hundreds of people’s names from a Florida driver’s license database to score $140,000 in fraudulent income-tax refunds (h/t, eSecurityPlanet).
Email Attack on Vendor Set Up Breach at Target
Brian Krebs reports: The breach at Target Corp. that exposed credit card and personal data on more than 110 million consumers appears to have begun with a malware-laced email phishing attack sent to employees at an HVAC firm that did business with the nationwide retailer, according to sources close to the investigation. Read more on KrebsOnSecurity.com
Alabama Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Role In Identity Theft And Tax Refund Scheme
Kevin Jackson of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced to serve 102 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release, along with an order to pay $150,840.49 in restitution, for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George L. Beck…
Miami-Dade Resident To Be Sentenced In Identity Theft Scheme
Jean-Elguentino Cayo, 26, of Miami Gardens, pled guilty in December for his participation in a stolen identity scheme. Sentencing is scheduled for March 5, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. before U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez. The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Internal Revenue Service Criminal…