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Category: ID Theft

GBI investigates police data theft

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Dissent

Jim Wallace reports for WALB in Georgia: A Dougherty County Sheriff’s deputy is accused of stealing the identity of an inmate. Sheriff Kevin Sproul says there could be more people involved in the crime and possibly more victims. The GBI [Georgia Bureau of Investigation] continues to investigate. Dougherty County Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Tharpe, a nearly…

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Hacked iTunes accounts taken off China e-commerce site

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Dissent

Michael Kan reports the latest on a situation previously covered on this blog. The sale of hacked iTunes accounts in China has been dealt a blow as the Chinese online retailer Taobao.com has decided to remove all product listings relating to the sale of the stolen accounts. Taobao, China’s largest online retailer with 370 million…

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CA: Two sentenced for gas station identity thefts

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Dissent

To follow up on a case previously covered on this blog in March and October, this report from Mark Anderson of the Sacramento Bee: A gang that used card readers to skim personal information at gas station card readers in Northern California was busted for identity theft, and two of the four were sentenced to…

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Victim numbers continue to climb in EVG Quality breach

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Dissent

From today’s Los Angeles Times: Police have identified 380 victims of credit or debit card fraud at a Sierra Madre gas station with losses exceeding $109,000, Police Chief Marilyn Diaz said Monday. […] “The fraudulent charges arising from credit and debit cards used at the EVG station are showing up both as EVG charges and…

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FL: Credit-card skimmer found in Melbourne gas pump

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Dissent

J.D. Gallop reports: Hundreds of credit card numbers were compromised at a Melbourne gas station after a credit card skimmer was hidden inside a rigged pump last month. Police found the skimmer — attached with Velcro — at the RaceTrac at 4641 W. Eau Gallie Blvd. after getting complaints of fraudulent credit and debit card…

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Former Purdue student sentenced for ID theft, fraud

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Dissent

Sophia Voravong reports: A former Purdue University student was sentenced Friday to one year in prison for an elaborate scheme to obtain credit cards and financial loans using personal information that was stolen from a West Lafayette apartment complex. Adekanmi Adewola Arojojoye, 22, of Dolton, Ill., pleaded guilty in November in Tippecanoe Circuit Court to…

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