Back in June 2012, the Department of Justice announced that Alci Bonannee had been arrested and charged with ID theft in a massive tax refund fraud scheme. At the time, they found evidence that over 1,000 fraudulent returns had been filed by Bonannee and her co-conspirators between January 2011 and June 6, 2012. This week, Bonannee was…
Category: ID Theft
Alabama Employee Indicted for Providing Names to a Million Dollar Identity Theft Scheme
A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., returned an indictment charging Lea’Tice Phillips for conspiring to file false tax returns using stolen identities, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The 37 count indictment charges Phillips with conspiracy to file false claims, wire fraud, computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to…
NY: Key Bank customers warned of ID thefts
WIVB in upstate NY has a report that hints that while Key Bank is saying that reports of ID theft are not linked to any breach of their systems, they may be the source of the problem: Town of Tonawanda Police are warning Key Bank customers their accounts may have been compromised. Authorities say in…
LA DPPS employee pleads guilty to stealing clients’ info for tax refund fraud scheme
“It’s déjà vu all over again” — noted infosecurity expert Yogi Berra. Veronico Niko, a former Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services employee, has pleaded guilty to stealing names and Social Security numbers for use in a tax refund fraud scheme. Niko, her husband Thomas Marshall, Michael Williams, Mao Niko, and Mike Niko…
Genesco may sue credit card companies over fines for 2010 data breach
In December 2010, Genesco, the parent company of United States Journeys, Journeys Kidz, Shi by Journeys, Johnston & Murphy, and Underground Station, disclosed its network had been compromised by malware and that it had first learned of the compromise from payment processors. Fast forward two years, and Genesco may be suing American Express, MasterCard and Visa for $15.6 million, according…
Over 100 Zaxby’s franchises may have had customer credit card data stolen
If you eat at Zaxby’s, you should check to see if your location is affected/ by a security breach. Yesterday, the chain announced that some of their stores (108, so far, by their list) had suspicious files found on their systems that may have exfiltrated customer credit and debit card info. Although the press release does…