Lisa J. Huriash reports that 400 Oakland Park and Delray Beach firefighters and police are watching their accounts after 31 of their own of them learned that their identity information was used in a tax refund fraud scheme. Both towns use the same retirement plan administrator, raising the possibility of a common point of a…
Category: ID Theft
Alabama police officer indicted for ID theft
Bradley Howard Pemberton, 41, a sergeant with the Montgomery Police Department (“MPD”), was indicted recently on federal wire fraud and identity theft charges, according to an announcement by Leura G. Canary, United States Attorney. The indictment alleges that through his position with MPD, Pemberton was authorized to access the Law Enforcement Tactical System (“LETS”), which…
AL: Pair busted with bag of credit cards
David Goodwin reports on the arrest of two low-tech ID thieves in Alabama: Rogers said he worked with Montgomery police to execute a search of Cudjoe’s home, where they found a potato chip bag containing 12 credit cards, none in their name, he said. He also found lists of the names, dates of birth and…
Hacking creates chaos for Snow Creek and its customers
Scott Canon reports: Snow Creek ski resort in Weston and many of its credit card customers appear to be victims of an attack by Internet hackers that first came to light Friday morning. By midday Friday the Platte County outfit had cut its on-site credit card processing system from the Internet and was warning customers…
(update) Belarus man pleads guilty to running identity theft site
Robert McMillan reports the latest development in a case previously mentioned on this blog: A 26-year-old Belarusian man has admitted to running an identity theft website designed to thwart the antifraud measures used by many banks. Until he was arrested in April 2010, Dmitry Naskovetz had been the mastermind behind CallService.biz, a website that helped…
TX: Credit/Debit Card Theft at the Drive-Thru
Patti Shieh reports: Police have arrested 21-year-old Dayvon Clement in connection to numerous thefts of credit and debit card numbers in Pearland. He allegedly used a portable, battery-powered skimmer to get the numbers. Police looking for a pattern among ID theft victims discovered that each one had gone through the drive through at the Jack…