Perfect timing, as I’ve been thinking about this a lot. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have many answers. What the GAO found (from their summary): Understanding the extent and nature of identity theft-related refund fraud is important to crafting a response to it, but Internal Revenue Service (IRS) managers recognize that they do not have…
Category: ID Theft
Advanced Data Processing employee accessed and disclosed ambulance patients’ info to others for tax refund fraud scheme
Advanced Data Processing, a subsidiary of Intermedix Corp. that does business as ADPI, handles billing for a number of ambulance services throughout the U.S. The Florida-headquartered firm notified the California Attorney General’s Office this week that on October 1, they discovered a rogue employee had been accessing and disclosing patient information to others who used the information to file fraudulent…
North Miami Resident Arrested and Charged with Identity Theft
And yet another tax refund fraud scheme disclosed this week where they don’t tell us how the criminals acquired the identity information: … a twenty (20) count indictment, filed on November 15, 2012, charging Josue Faustin, 20, of North Miami, with conspiracy, possession of unauthorized access devices, aggravated identity theft and theft of government property involving a…
MO: Woman accused in massive identity theft scam
Associated Press reports that Tania Henderson was charged by federal prosecutors this week as the ringleader in an ID theft ring that involved fraudulent tax returns: The criminal complaint alleges that 191 fraudulent tax returns in the names of identity theft victims – both living and dead – were filed from a computer in Henderson’s home….
FL: Broward man pleads guilty in massive identity theft (updated)
Wayne K. Roustan reports that a former employee of an unnamed North Miami law firm was involved in an ID theft/tax refund scheme: Rodney Saintfleur, 28, of West Park, plead to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government, one count of access device fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft, prosecutors said. Evidence…
Couple Stole the Identities of Doctors Who Applied for Fellowships at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Patients at Highlandtown Community Health Center
Another scheme involving insider breaches comes to light in Baltimore. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland reports: Ringleader Derrick Hill, age 52, and his girlfriend Renee Cabell, age 51, both of Woodlawn, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to their plea agreements, from August to October, 2009,…