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Category: ID Theft

Debt Collection Employee and Son-in-Law Sent to Prison for Identity Theft Tax Scheme

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Dissent

A follow-up to a case previously reported on this blog involving an employee of Hollis Cobb Associates: Quentin Collick of Montgomery, Ala., and Deatrice Williams of Duluth, Ga., were sentenced Nov. 1, 2013, to serve 85 and 51 months in prison, respectively. Collick and Williams were previously found guilty by a jury in the Middle…

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Montgomery Man Sentenced In Identity Theft Related State Income Tax Fraud

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Dissent

John Irving Wheeler, 31 years old, of Montgomery, was sentenced to serve 210 months of incarceration on October 31, 2013. Wheeler was also ordered to pay one million dollars in restitution to the States of Georgia and Michigan. Wheeler pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud on April…

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Update: Final Defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison for Participating in Identity Theft Scam

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Dissent

On September 30, there was an update from the IRS’s Criminal Investigation unit to an insider breach previously reported on this blog:  The final two defendants charged in relation to an identity theft scam that used identities stolen from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services to file fraudulent tax returns were sentenced…

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FL: Former Broward court clerk pleads guilty to ID theft

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Dissent

Tonya Alanez reports on yet another insider breach as part of a tax refund fraud ring in Florida. This one involves a Broward County court clerk: Porscha Kyles, 25, of Davie, pleaded guilty Monday to using her work computer to steal drivers’ names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and other personal information while working at the…

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Alabama Man Pleads Guilty To His Involvement In An Identity Theft Scheme Using Stolen Prisoner Names

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Dissent

Harvey James pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft for his role in a tax refund fraud scheme using stolen inmate information. The plea was announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George…

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Experian Sold Consumer Data to ID Theft Service – Krebs

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Dissent

Regular readers will recall that back in April 2012, this blogger filed a complaint against Experian with the FTC over their numerous data breaches.  Jordan Robertson of Bloomberg News provided media coverage of Experian’s breaches and the complaint in November last year. To date, however, the FTC has not announced any investigation or charges against…

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