Two Latvian men who were jailed for 3 years each over credit card fraud had their sentence reduced to 13 months after a Court of Appeal ruled that their young age and early guilty plea were not sufficiently taken into account. The 2 20-year-olds, Edgar Kervis and Eriks Zakis, were part of a group of…
Category: ID Theft
In: Four persons, including sales executive, held for credit card fraud
K Praveen Kumar reports: CHENNAI: The city police’s cyber crime cell on Friday arrested four persons for a credit card fraud. Periyanayakam (25) of Tondiarpet, a credit card sales executive for G Cards that was outsourced by SBI, with the help of Yuvaraj (22) of Perambur, Udhayachandran (24) of T P Chathiram and Ramesh Kumar…
Credit Card Fraud Warning Issued in Virginia
From NBC Washington, this report: The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating 50 cases of credit fraud. Investigators said they may be connected. In many cases, the victim’s credit cards are being used throughout the United States and even overseas. And that’s all they wrote in the way of details. Stay tuned, I guess….
WA: Two charged in BECU ID theft thought to impact 100s
Levi Pulkkinen reports: Prosecutors have filed charges against two men believed to have defrauded hundreds of BECU [Boeing Employees Credit Union] members by “skimming” debit cards at Seattle-area ATMs. Having filed IDd theft-related charges against the men, King County prosecutors contend Seattle resident Claudiu Flaviu Tudor and Mihai Podaru stole the account information of hundreds…
NY: Ex-MCC student Terry Zimmerman says he stole others’ refunds to find HIV cure
Gary Craig reports: A 19-year-old former Monroe Community College student maintains he stole from other college students via identity theft because he wanted to find a cure for the AIDS virus, authorities allege. Rochester resident Terry Zimmerman, who assisted other MCC students with computer problems, used his access to steal their financial aid refunds, court…
Escrow Co. Sues Bank Over $440K Cyber Theft
Brian Krebs writes: An escrow firm in Missouri is suing its bank to recover $440,000 that organized cyber thieves stole in an online robbery earlier this year, claiming the bank’s reliance on passwords to secure high-dollar transactions failed to measure up to federal e-banking security guidelines. The attack against Springfield, Mo. based title insurance provider…