C. Johnson reports: A benefits clerk, who was busted while about to undergo liposuction surgery using fraudulently-obtained credit card information from one of her victims, has pleaded no contest to identity theft. The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office says Mia Garza, 31, was accused of stealing personal identification information from more than 400 Kaiser Permanente…
Category: ID Theft
TN: Gallatin Credit Card Fraud Linked To Computer Hacking
Here we go again – law enforcement decides that they can withhold information from consumers to protect a business. The Secret Service said more than 100 cases of credit card fraud reported in Gallatin was the work of a criminal enterprise that hacked into a local business computer. They are not releasing the name…
Identity thieves hit 29 City of Pittsburgh employees
Joe Smydo reports: At least 29 city employees from multiple departments are victims of identity theft, according to an e-mail that Pittsburgh police sent Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and other top city officials over the weekend. The employees received bills from PayPal for purchases they didn’t make, Detective Christopher Jordan of the computer crimes unit said…
PA: Former TD Bank worker indicted in fraud scheme that included county branches
Jeannie O’Sullivan reports: A federal grand jury has indicted a former TD Bank employee for her alleged role in a scheme involving fraudulent withdrawals totaling nearly $70,000 from branches in Burlington and Camden counties between October and February. Jennell Digby, 27, of Philadelphia, was charged with conspiracy, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to…
AU: Credit card details hacked at Horsham business
Police at Horsham, in the state’s west, say the computer system of a Horsham business has been hacked and people’s credit card details stolen. For legal reasons, police are not identifying which business had its computer remotely accessed. There have now been 60 complaints of unauthorised use of cards from the Wimmera Mallee, but police…
Man sentenced in Sacramento for massive ID theft scheme
A Long Beach man accused of conducting a massive identity theft scheme was sentenced today in federal court in Sacramento to more than 12 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced That Tien Truong Nguyen, 34, to 12 years and seven months in prison for conspiring to commit computer fraud and…