Former Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputy MARK HEBERT, 48, pled guilty on November 15 to one civil rights violation, five bank fraud violations and one aggravated identity theft violation, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite Jr. for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Special Agent in Charge Michael…
Category: ID Theft
Delaware tax preparer pleads guilty to multiple fraud charges
Dawn Chamberlain, a Delaware tax preparer who was charged in March with stealing clients’ identity information to file false tax returns pleaded guilty on Tuesday. She’ll face a maximum of 20 years in prison when she’s sentenced.
AZ: Former Sheriff’s Office IT employee indicted for computer tampering, ID theft
Phil Benson reports: A former technology expert and telecommunications director at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has been indicted on charges of computer tampering and identity theft. A Maricopa County Grand Jury handed up an indictment against Robert Rampy late last Friday on 14 assorted felony charges. The indictment alleged Rampy wrongfully released and accessed…
New York Man Pleads Guilty In Huge Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Case
The following uses information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey: A New York man today admitted his role as a leader of one of the nation’s largest and longest running stolen identity refund fraud schemes ever identified, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Jose Torres, a/k/a “Jose Quilestorres,” a/k/a “Carlos Jose Luis,” 47, of Bronx, N.Y., pleaded guilty before…
NY: Buffet employee pleads guilty to identity theft
While the big cybercriminal gangs make headlines, it’s often the little local schemes that will cause you misery. WNYT reports: An employee of the Golden Town Buffet in Bethlehem has pleaded guilty to stealing the credit card information of some of his customers. Heng Li, 27, entered the plea in Albany County Court on Wednesday…
FL: Jacksonville Tax Return Consultant Arrested For Involvement In Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme
A 14-count indictment charging Deangelo Parker with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft was announced last week in Florida. If convicted, Parker faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each of the seven counts of wire fraud and two years’ maximum imprisonment for each aggravated identity theft offense. Parker made his…