A computer hacker from Georgia pleaded guilty Thursday to fraud and identity theft after authorities found more than 675,000 stolen credit card accounts on his home computers. Credit card companies have traced more than $36 million in fraudulent transactions to the accounts that were breached by Rogelio Hackett Jr., 26, of Lithonia, Ga. Read more…
Category: ID Theft
IA: Hacker hits Clive restaurant patrons’ accounts
Clive police are urging central Iowans to keep close eyes on their bank accounts after more than a dozen patrons of a local Mexican restaurant had their bank accounts illegally accessed. Police Lt. John Broderson said roughly 12 to 18 patrons of Qdoba Mexican Grill on University Avenue have reported improper banking transactions “in the…
PA: Million dollar ID theft operation busted
David Henry reports: The Justice Department says it has busted an identity theft operation that cost a lot of people a lot of money. Investigators say 44-year-old Anthony Williams was the ring leader. A federal indictment charges him and 15 others with a massive identity theft operation that victimized hundreds of people over three years,…
GA: Gwinnett ID Theft Case Could Have 5,800 Victims
I wonder how many people using check-cashing services or walk-in tax preparer services ever consider whether the person they’re doing business with might be an ID thief who’s using the business as a lucrative source of identity information. Consider this case in Georgia: Duluth police arrested a woman who they said could be a link…
Former Holy Cross Hospital employee sentenced to prison for disclosing patient information
Natasha Lolita Orr, 36, of Miami, a former employee at Holy Cross Hospital, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to disclosing individually identifiable health information. During the previous plea hearing, Orr admitted to stealing patient information from the Holy Cross Hospital Emergency Room during her employment at the hospital. She then sold that stolen…
IN: Credit card scam hits local eatery
A restaurant in Richmond, Indiana seems to have fallen for a ruse that has resulted in fraudulent charges on their customers’ credit and debit cards. Robert Sullivan reports: A local restaurant and several of its customers have been victimized by a credit card fraud scam, Richmond Police Department officials said. Fifteen individuals who ate at…