From News10: It continues to happen. Three individuals were arrested Thursday on suspicion of identity theft and burglary after a month-long investigation in which detectives with the Sacramento County sheriff’s hi tech crimes unit uncovered credit/debit card skimming devices, thousands of credit card numbers, hundreds of bogus California identification cards and numerous counterfeit credit cards….
Category: ID Theft
Ca: Langford pub hit by second security breach
Derek Spalding reports that a pub that had its payment system hacked due to a faulty firewall has also had problems with card skimmers: The passwords and debit-card numbers of at least five people have been stolen from customers of Langford’s Station House Pub, which has been hit by two security breaches in the past…
Florida Tax Preparer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
Ernst Pierre, a Port St. Lucie, Fla., tax preparer, was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced. Pierre was charged with a scheme to file false federal income tax returns using stolen identity information. Pierre…
Former RadioShack employee sentenced for ID theft
The Associated Press has an update to a case that began in 2007: A former RadioShack Corp. call center worker has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for identity theft. Prosecutors in North Texas say Youlanda Rochelle Wright used the information to file false income tax returns and claim refunds. Wright had…
IL: Steakhouse Beefs Up Security
Jeremy Clements reports: The owner of an Alton restaurant is reaching out to customers to let them know that they have stepped up security to prevent another credit card scam from occurring. Two years ago five people, including two employees of Amarillo Tex’s Steakhouse and Saloon were caught skimming customers credit card numbers. Since that…
West Jordan police release list of ID theft victims
KSL in Utah reports: Police in West Jordan say they need help contacting more that 250 people whose identities were stolen. Investigators found hundreds of passports, credit cards and birth certificates in a stolen motor home on Tuesday. They arrested one woman in connection with the theft, but are still looking for Joseph Chatwin, who may also…