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Internet Scammers Change Some Boston University Direct Deposit Accounts

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Dissent

Rich Barlow reports: Apparently using a common internet deception called phishing, scammers obtained log-in information allowing them to change direct deposit routing information for the paychecks of 10 BU employees in December. The employees’ monthly paychecks were then routed elsewhere. […] Shamblin says that users of suspicious internet protocol (IP) addresses gained access to the…

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FL: Retirement fund worker sentenced for identity theft fraud

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Dissent

Pamela McMahon reports on yet another case of identity theft for tax refund fraud in Florida. Tobin Lamar Lyon II  has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and wire fraud conspiracy. He was also ordered to pay restitution. Lyon, who was a service representative for Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association –…

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KY: Notary public was selling personal information to ID thieves

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Dissent

WKYT reports: She was a notary public who was supposed to help consumers on refinancing transactions. Instead, Melissa Hodge was selling their social security numbers and personal information to identity thieves. “They would give $20 for individuals that had a credit score between 500 and 600. Then it would go up from there. If they…

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PA: Waiter skimmed customers’ cards

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Dissent

Amanda Christman reports that a man who waited tables at the Jumbo China Buffet in Hazle Township skimmed customers’ credit and debit card numbers. Read more on CitizensVoice. Probably wasn’t a great idea on his part to skim some police officers’ cards….

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SD: Former Citibank employee offered plea deal in ID theft case

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Dissent

The Argus Leader reports: A former Citibank employee accused of stealing customers’ identities has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Terri Jo Huber, 43, of Sioux Falls, was indicted on nine fraud-related counts in August, including bank fraud, identity theft, access device fraud and embezzlement.

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Georgia man indicted in inmate identity theft scheme

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Dissent

Associated Press reports that Qadir Shabazz of Atlanta has been indicted by a grand jury on charges he used prisoners’ personal information in a nationwide ID theft scheme involving fraudulent tax returns. Officials say Shabazz and co-conspirators operated a business named “Indigent Inmate” and distributed information to prisoners in facilities across the country. Inmates were…

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