William Michael Smith and Steve Jansen report: A TSU DJ has been arrested in an alleged pledge-drive scam, a local TV watchdog reporter said late Wednesday. According to a tweet from Fox 26 reporter Isiah Carey late this afternoon, KTSU radio volunteer Michael Whitfield was arrested earlier in the day and could face up to 300…
Category: ID Theft
Six Long Island men charged with using stolen Social Security numbers in three different tax refund fraud schemes
So the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York issued a press release on December 20 describing how 6 men were indicted for their roles in three tax refund fraud schemes. The three schemes resulted in more than 11,000 false income tax returns seeking refunds up to $73 million. According the…
They’re guilty of ID theft, but don’t ask the government how/where they got the personal info?
Here’s another case where it’s clear there’s been some compromise of PII, but we have no idea how from what law enforcement tells us: According to documents filed in court, Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) officers executed a search warrant at [Travonn Xavier Russell’s] residence on January 18, 2012. During the search, MDPD officers found the following…
Arizona man arrested for fraud after illegal info found on flash drive
KVOA reports: A 34-year-old man was arrested Friday in Tempe after a tax fraud and identity theft investigation that began early this year, when authorities found a flash drive containing hundreds of names and personal information at Cochise College. Back in February, the Sierra Vista Police Department was contacted by Cochise College employees after a…
Former state employee sentenced to federal prison for ID theft
Some follow-up on a previously reported case of some folks in Alabama who stole and used identity info as part of a tax refund fraud scheme. The conspirator sentenced today worked for the Alabama Department of Corrections.
OK: Durant banks lose thousands of dollars on credit card fraud
From News12 in Oklahoma: Thursday, several banks are assuring customers their personal information is safe after more than one hundred credit and debit card numbers were stolen from five Durant banks and tens of thousands of dollars lost. Durant police have joined with the Secret Service to help investigate the crimes. So far, investigators said…