This is a follow-up on reports that started appearing in April of this year. Authorities originally estimated that there might be 5,800 victims, but it seems the number has climbed. Amanda Moyer reports: More identity theft cases stemming from a bust earlier this year are coming to light. Police say the total is up to…
Category: ID Theft
GA: Former bank employee accused of theft, identity fraud
J. Scott Trubey reports: A Villa Rica woman who formerly worked for a bank will make an initial court appearance Wednesday on charges that she siphoned money out of customer accounts and stole identities to make fraudulent loans. Sherri Whitlock Hines, 40, was indicted last week in Carroll County Superior Court on five counts of…
Another guilty plea in ID theft ring that used data stolen from Electronic Data Systems
More on a case mentioned previously: Melinda Clayton of Montgomery, Ala., pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false claims, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Clayton admitted that between January and April 2011, she conspired with others to…
Accused deputy back on job day after indictment
Sarah Eddington reports: After being arrested on Thursday, the Ouachita Parish deputy accused of numerous counts of computer fraud, identity theft and obstruction was allowed to return to work on Friday. Maj. Michael Karl Davis, 47, of Monroe, was arrested by federal authorities on nine charges of computer fraud, nine charges of identity theft…
VA investigating ‘inappropriate removal’ of patient records from Haley
Howard Altman reports: The Department of Veteran Affairs is investigating the “inappropriate removal” from the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital of records that contain personal information on hundreds of veterans who had received treatment there. […] The Haley security breach was discovered in May by an off-duty Tampa police officer working a detail at the…
Local bank cards affected by security breach
Shane Farley reports: Some Cowley County residents are amongst the scores of people who have had their debit, or credit-card information compromised after using the cards at Otoe-Missouria Tribe properties along U.S. 77 Highway in Oklahoma. Otoe-Missouria operates First Council Casino, Seven Clans Travel Plaza and Lil’ Bit of Paradise Casino. Tribal authorities are investigating…