Connie Thompson of KCBY reports that the POS hack that led to card fraud in the Capitol Hill area was a one-day intrusion on October 22nd that involved only one business (Broadway Grill). The number of reports of fraud continues to climb and may affect almost 1,000 individuals; card info was reportedly sold to others….
Category: ID Theft
IL: Area banks hit by ID theft
Sanford J. Schmidt reports: EDWARDSVILLE – An identity thief apparently has stolen credit card or debit card numbers from customers at some local banks and bilked the banks out of between $5,000 and $8,000, the Madison County Sheriff’s Department said Monday. […] The deputy said he could not reveal the names of the banks, but…
Former UCM students indicted for scheme to sell stolen information
David Twiddy reports: Two former University of Central Missouri students have been charged with stealing the identities of thousands of their classmates and faculty with the goal of the information. A federal grand jury in Kansas City indicted Joseph A. Camp, 26, of New York, and Daniel J. Fowler, 21, of Kansas City, with conspiracy,…
(follow-up) Newark man sentenced for numerous identity thefts
As a follow-up to a case previously reported here: A federal judge has sentenced a Newark man to 12 years in prison for stealing dozens of identities and using the information to open credit cards and set up fake businesses. Operating from a Newark apartment and several other addresses, Joseph Aughenbaugh, 42, and co-defendent Todd…
(update) British teenager faces jail for selling details of thousands of U.S. bank accounts in $19m internet scam
More coverage of the Nick Webber/GhostMarket.net case, mentioned previously on this site. Webber reportedly admitted in court today to masterminding the sale of 65,000 bank details. … Webber, who is the son of former Guernsey politician Tony Webber, was caught with details of 100,000 credit cards on his laptop – representing a potential loss to…
Ca: Skimmer hidden in gas pump a first in Alberta?
Some interesting statistics from a news story by Jason Van Rasse about how a skimmer that was found inside a gas pump was the first incident of its kind in Alberta: The Canadian Bankers Association said credit card fraud in Canada totalled $358 million last year — with counterfeit cards accounting for almost half that…