Hannah Dreier of Associated Press reports: Computer hackers stole the personal information of tens of thousands of Las Vegas Sands customers during a data breach earlier this month, the casino company said Friday. The company said in a regulatory filing that information about some patrons at its Bethlehem, Pa., hotel-casino was compromised during the Feb….
Category: ID Theft
Florida Woman Arrested On Identity Theft And Tax Fraud Charges, Found in Possession of Identity Info of 700
Tia Lashonda Miller, 39, of West Palm Beach, was arrested on charges of unlawful possession of unauthorized access devices, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1029(a)(3), and five counts of aggravated identity theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1)). Miller made her initial appearance in court on Monday, February 24, 2014, before U.S. Magistrate…
IA: ID Theft: University Professors Victims
More than 50 employees at the University of Northern Iowa may have had their identities stolen. One professor says when he went to file his taxes, someone had already filed in his name. The university says when it got eight or nine similar cases it made them take notice. Now the IRS and Division of…
Employees sue UPMC over security breach
Well, that was fast. And perhaps premature. Kris B. Mamula reports: Two UPMC McKeesport Hospital employees have sued their employer, claiming the hospital and corporate parent failed to protect the personal security information of its workers. Employees Barbara Dittman and Gary Douglas claimed their financial and W2 data were hacked by unknown fraudsters, who opened bank accounts in their names and…
More details emerge on 80sTees breach disclosed in 2013
Back in April 2013, 80sTees (80sTees.com) notified a number of state attorneys general that their customer payment card data had been compromised. According to reports to New Hampshire, Vermont, Maryland, and California: on January 29, 2013, the Pennsylvania-headquartered firm was asked by Discover to examine their system after suspicious charges were noted on customers’ cards following purchases…
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center investigating scheme in which employee information misused for tax refund fraud scheme (updated)
Sean D. Hammill reports: UPMC said today that it is investigating how 22 employees have had their private identity information compromised as part of a “tax fraud” scheme. “We have become aware that approximately 22 of our employees have been victimized,” UPMC said in a statement. “We are aggressively investigating with the United States Secret…