KYTX provides an update to their coverage of a Chicken Express breach affecting hundreds of people in Tyler, Texas and other areas. The breach involved an employee skimming cards at a Tyler franchise. Here is the statement by the owners: In the summer of 2010, the Tyler police made us aware of a situation involving…
Category: ID Theft
MN: 3 indicted for aggravated identity theft, bank fraud
A recent federal indictment alleges that three Minnesotans used stolen identification information to create counterfeit checks to obtain cash and items from financial institutions and retail outlets. The indictment, which was filed Tuesday, charges Kari Lynn Goodman, 40 of Savage, and Nathan Allen Miller, 26 of Isanti, with one count of conspiracy to commit offenses…
Louisiana man sentenced for role in debit card ring; over 2000 victims
Amon Rashad Peoples, 24, of Mer Rouge, La., was sentenced to a total of 111 months in prison for access devise fraud, aggravated identity theft, and attempted bank fraud, United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced yesterday. Peoples was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $93,966.79 and was also sentenced to 5 years…
AU: Fake credit card ring smashed after year-long probe ends in raids: police
From the AAP: Police say they have smashed a significant criminal syndicate that produced false identities and fake credit cards to buy more than $1 million worth of goods. After a year-long investigation, more than 70 police officers yesterday raided homes in NSW and South Australia, arresting five men linked to the nationwide syndicate. The…
TX: Employee swiped credit card numbers at Chicken Express
KYTX reports: Cops take down a major identity theft operation with ties to Tyler. It’s one of several cases affecting East Texans right now. An employee at a Tyler Chicken Express is accused of bringing a special card-reader to work. Police say she took customers’ debit cards at the drive-thru window, swiped them once at the cash…
Judge Won’t Alter Award in Equifax ID Theft Case
Maria Dinzeo reports the latest development in what is probably one of the most well-known ID theft cases: A cancer survivor who won more than $1 million from Equifax for improperly handling his identity theft report can keep the full award, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston rejected the credit reporting agency’s…