WREG reports: Memphis Police charged 32 year old Erin Crutcher and 25-year-old Melissa Harris with identity theft trafficking. They’re accused of stealing the names, dates of birth, and social security numbers of hundreds of Memphis City School students. Now, Special Agent in Charge Rick Harlow says, the case has been transferred to the Secret Service….
Category: ID Theft
Michaels Breach: Who’s Liable?
Tracy Kitten reports: …. What role should merchants play, when it comes to ensuring transactional security, and how should financial institutions, as card-issuers, fall into the fray? Attorney Randy Sabett, partner and co-chair of the Internet and Data Protection practice at law firm SNR Denton LLP, says the liability lines are often blurred and hard to…
FL: Two Sentenced in ID Theft and Credit Card Scheme Involving Flanigan’s Customers
Jose Cruz, 28, and Lisandra Cruz, 19, both of Hialeah, Florida were sentenced yesterday in federal court to 75 months and 48 months in prison, respectively. A co-defendant, Yuremys Marchante, 30, also of Hialeah, was sentenced to 57 months in prison on April 19, 2011. All three defendants were convicted at trial on charges of…
Federal lawsuit blames Michaels for PIN thefts
Josh Stockinger reports: A West Chicago woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Michaels, claiming the arts-and-crafts giant failed to protect customers from “cyber-pickpockets” who stole sensitive banking information from checkout keypads at stores in 20 states. The suit filed this week in Illinois’ northern district seeks class-action status and more than $5 million in…
FL: Pasco couple used stolen IDs, bogus tax returns to pocket cash, deputies say
Molly Moorhead reports: A woman who worked at a Regions bank branch is accused of creating nearly 200 phony bank accounts using real people’s names and information, filing fraudulent tax returns in the victims’ names and then funneling the money to her boyfriend. All told, authorities say, Howayda Hamdan, 28, had more than $1 million…
MA: Lynn man gets 5-year sentence for selling personal information of TSA workers
As a follow-up to a case previously reported in 2010, Associated Press reports that Michael Derring has been sentenced to prison for selling the SSN, dates of birth, and personal information of TSA workers at Logan airport. Derring obtained the information from a relative who worked in TSA’s human resources department.