John Agar reports: Police say 50 workers at the General Motors assembly plant near Lansing have reported fraudulent use of their credit and debit cards. Unauthorized charges have been made at out-of-state businesses, Eaton County Sheriff’s Department reported. […] That scenario has played out in recent months in the Grand Rapids area – with arrests…
Category: ID Theft
(follow-up) Former nail salon employee sentenced on credit card fraud
A former employee of a Mason City nail salon has been sentenced to five years in prison on each of two counts of credit card fraud. Nam Huu Nguyen, 37, was charged with three counts of unauthorized use of a credit card and one count of ongoing criminal conduct for allegedly stealing credit card information…
Seattle Police Say ‘wardrivers’ Are Hitting Small Businesses
Robert McMillan reports: Seattle police are investigating a group of criminals who they say have been cruising around town in a black Mercedes stealing credit card data by tapping into wireless networks belonging to area businesses. The group has been at it for about five years, according to an affidavit signed by Detective Chris Hansen,…
CA: Central Valley man accused of swiping credit card info
Armenak Avagyan, 28, of Rancho Cordova has been arrested on a five-count federal indictment accusing him of trafficking in counterfeit and fraudulent credit cards, as well as identity theft. The indictment alleges that Mr. Avagyan engaged in a wide-ranging scheme to steal credit card information by using “skimmers” – electronic devices installed in gas station…
The Hackett guilty plea: Who is “Company One?”
When Rogelio Hackett, Jr. pleaded guilty earlier today, media coverage noted that investigators had found over 675,000 credit card numbers (“access devices”) on his computers or in his email accounts at the time his home was searched in June 2009. Reportedly, 359,661 of the 676,443 card numbers came from “Company One’s” customers. According to a…
GA: Two Augustans Sentenced To Federal Prison For Identity Theft
Georgia’s turning out to be a hotbed of ID theft these days. Here’s another case in GA this week. U.S. Attorney Edward Tarver’s Office sends out the press notice: Jamie L. Lawrence, 33, and Antonio R. McNeal, 25, both of Augusta, Georgia were sentenced Tuesday before United States District Court Judge J. Randal Hall to…