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Category: ID Theft

(follow-up, TX): Man pleads guilty in Emily Morgan Hotel ID theft case

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Dissent

Guillermo Contreras reports: One of the main figures in San Antonio’s largest identity theft case pleaded guilty Thursday. Samuel Micha Dyer entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit ID theft fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Dyer, 28, admitted being part of a ring that stole and used 17,000 credit card receipts and registration documents from…

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FL: Store clerk accused of double-swiping credit card numbers

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Dissent

A convenience store employee will be arraigned Friday on several federal charges after allegedly stealing credit card numbers in a counterfeit operation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Ihap Abdallah “Tommy” Yamin, 31, of Okeechobee was indicted on federal conspiracy, wire fraud, credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. He could face 30 years in…

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(follow-up) Genesco notification to NH available online

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Dissent

Genesco’s notification letter to the NH Attorney General’s Office is available online.  Their press release announcing the breach had been posted previously on this site. The notification to the state does not add a tremendous amount of detail, but does note that the company first became aware of a problem when it was contacted by…

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(follow-up) FL Bus Driver Sentenced For Stealing Disabled Patrons’ Identities

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Dissent

As a follow-up to a case originally mentioned on this blog in October, News4Jax.com reports that Watreka Ligon has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for stealing the identities of disabled bus patrons. She has also been ordered to pay restitution. Ligon had been working for MV Transport, a contractor for Central Florida…

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Being kept in the dark is a global problem

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dissent

I’ve complained a lot (too much, some might argue) about how we’re often not told how or where ID thieves or criminals obtained identity information used in their crimes.  Here’s a news story from the BBC that also omits   information about how the defendants obtained or stole credit card details: A man has admitted…

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NYC: 15,000 Social security numbers stolen from state computers by subcontractor

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dissent

Thousands of Social Security numbers have been stolen from the computers of a New York state agency. The Social Security Administration in New York City says that the Social Security numbers were stolen by a subcontractor who was working in Office of Temporary Disability Assistance making computer infrastructure upgrades. The administration says, while performing the upgrades,…

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