Lorraine Swanson reports: A Franklin Park woman is accused of stealing the identities of dozens of mostly elderly people. Anna Zur, 39, was arrested on Wednesday after a year-long investigation, where she was charged with felony counts of wire fraud and continuing a financial crimes enterprise, police said. When a daughter noticed fraudulent charges in…
Category: ID Theft
Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Parts I and II
Brian Krebs reports: At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as “Hieupc” was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service that siphoned consumer dossiers from some of the world’s top data brokers. That is, until his greed and ambition played straight into an elaborate snare set by the U.S. Secret…
Toronto woman’s CERB payments on hold after fraudster makes EI claim in her name
Nicole Brockbank reports: A Toronto woman is one of hundreds of Canadians who’ve had their identity stolen and used to apply for government benefits over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. […] The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says it has received more than 700 reports of identity fraud linked to CERB across the country. More than…
Proposed Amendment to the North Carolina Identity Theft Protection Act
Alexander Turner of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC writes: In April 2019, with the introduction of House Bill 904, a bi-partisan effort was made to strengthen cyber security in North Carolina. H.B. 904 seeks to make North Carolina’s Identity Theft Protection Act one of the strongest in the nation by broadening the definition of what constitutes…
San Diego man sentenced for ID theft that took millions from military members
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. CNS reports: A San Diego man was sentenced Thursday to nearly four years in federal prison for his role in a scheme that took millions of dollars from U.S. servicemembers by utilizing stolen identity information. Trorice Crawford, 33, pleaded guilty last December to one…
Maine’s fraud investigations have derailed some Mainers’ federal unemployment benefits
Peter McGuire reports: The effort to root out identity fraud in Maine’s unemployment insurance system has delayed establishing federal programs to aid jobless Mainers. From the week ending May 30 to the week ending June 20, the Maine Department of Labor canceled roughly 23,900 initial claims and 41,000 weekly certifications that were determined to be…