Christian Boone reports: A second-generation DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office jailer has been arrested and charged with using inmates’ Social Security numbers to file false tax returns and pocketing the refunds. It’s unknown how many inmates were compromised by Adriara Addison’s alleged crimes, said DeKalb sheriff’s spokesman Adrion Bell. Read more on AJC. WSBTV adds more…
Category: ID Theft
Mass. man, RI accomplice face ID theft charges
Associated Press reports: A Massachusetts man and his alleged Rhode Island accomplice are set to appear before a Boston judge on charges of stealing dozens of people’s identities, then using them to pass forged prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other drugs. Fifty-seven-year-old John Tropea of Franklin faces 67 counts of identity fraud, 69 counts of…
AZ: Glendale police arrest credit card worker in identity theft
Morgan Tanabe reports: Glendale police arrested a credit card company worker and her boyfriend suspected of identity theft and the use of a stolen credit card, according to a court document. Las Vegas resident Amanda Shepherd, who works as a customer service representative at Citi Cards, was arrested Tuesday. George Nelson was arrested on Sept….
Yet another former employee of Electronic Data Systems convicted for participation in ID theft and tax fraud conspiracy
The other day I posted information on an insider breach at Electronic Data Systems that had pretty much flown under the media radar. Today, I came across this subsequent press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama that names yet another Electronic Data Systems employee who appears to have been…
TX: Two George’s at Center of Credit Card Fraud Investigation
Keaton Fox reports: Tonight there are more questions about what was going on at Two Georges Restaurant, now the center of a credit card abuse case. Police say several people filed reports that their credit card was charged hundreds of dollars, months, even years after they had visited the restaurant. Now the businesses has been…
AU: Credit card data hacked from retailers
Wes Hosking reports: At least two credit card merchants in Victoria have had data hacked, with fraudsters racking up huge bills overseas. Australian Federal Police were investigating as banks yesterday moved to assure customers illegal transactions would be refunded. The Warrandyte Supa IGA supermarket is among retailers caught up in the drama, and suspect Eftpos…