Jenny Michael reports that approximately 100 employees of BNSF Railway have had their “nonpublic personal information” used to fraudulently open accounts in their names. The railway’s response? “At this time, we do not believe that BNSF’s information security processes or technology systems have been compromised,” the statement said. “BNSF is working with law enforcement agencies to fully investigate…
Category: ID Theft
Wave House Athletic Club employee pleads guilty to stealing customer info
A follow-up to an insider ID theft case mentioned last month: Christopher Polley changed his plea to guilty and faces between 180 days and a year in jail when he is sentenced Sept. 6, according to News10.com While working at the Wave House Athletic Club from May 2010 through January of this year, the defendant…
Willingboro woman sold IDs of TD Bank customers, used them to take money from accounts: police
Jessica Beym reports: A Burlington County woman and a New York man were each charged Thursday with one count of bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft in a scheme that netted them more than $170,000, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Authorities said Patricia Lightsey, 27, of Willingboro, worked as a…
CA: ID theft suspects busted in credit card-skimming case
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….
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…