The following is a press release from the government with an update to the case of Kirill Victorovich Firsov. Firsov, the administrator of the DEER.io platform, was arrested on March 7, 2020 and pleaded guilty on January 21 of this year. The DEER.io platform was shut down days after Firsov’s arrest. SAN DIEGO – Kirill…
Category: ID Theft
Justin Sean Johnson, aka TheDearthStar and Dearthy Star, pleads guilty to hacking UPMC and selling stolen data on dark web
There’s an update to the case of a man accused of hacking the human resources databases at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center starting in 2014 and stealing the data of 65,000 employees. Many of the employees became victims of identity theft for tax fraud. Yesterday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of…
VA: Alexandria nursing assistant charged with identity theft
Insider breaches — including insider wrongdoing — were down last year according to Verizon’s annual report and Protenus’s 2021 Breach Barometer for incidents involving health or medical data reported in the U.S. But “down” does not mean “gone.” Rogue employees are still a significant risk for entities, as James Cullum reports: An Alexandria certified nursing assistant…
GA: College Park leaders ‘stunned’ one of their own busted for ID theft, stealing $100K
Randy Travis reports: Nearly a dozen former city of College Park employees have something in common. And it’s not good. According to police, 11 former employees are identity theft victims in a criminal case worth close to $100,000. […] LeShanda Mitchell faces 32 felony counts including identity theft, computer forgery, and money laundering. She worked as a…
Houston Man Sentenced to Over Ten Years in Federal Prison for Massive Credit Card Fraud Scheme
NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon sentenced EDWARD TOLIVER, age 47, a New Orleans native who had been living in Houston, Texas, to 124 months in federal prison for his role in a massive credit card fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The sentencing was held on April 29, 2021. In…
FBI Warns Cyber Criminals Are Using Fake Job Listings to Target Applicants’ Personally Identifiable Information
Press release available in both English and Spanish. Scammers advertise jobs the same way legitimate employers do—online (in ads, on job sites, college employment sites, and social media), in newspapers, and sometimes on TV and radio. They promise you a job, but what they want is your money and your personal information. Fake Job or Employment Scams occur…