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Category: ID Theft

Woman Accused Of Posing As Nurse, Stealing Identities

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Dissent

Low-tech theft by posing as a nurse. Detectives are continuing the investigation of a woman they say posed as a nurse and stole identities of hospital staff. Four more victims have been identified in Albuquerque, bringing the total to 16. […] Yankowski has been charged for identity theft in Albuquerque. Her warrants in Texas date…

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NY: Fraudulent transactions traced back to Civic Center and Oncenter

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

A series of unauthorized credit card charges are under investigation by the Syracuse Police Department. All the charges are potentially related to a data breach in or around the Onondaga County Civic Center. The breach was discovered when approximately 100 individuals found unauthorized charges posted to their accounts. In all the cases, Syracuse Police say…

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Former University of California IT employee sentenced to one year and a day for ID theft

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

Cam Giang was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for his role in an identity theft scheme, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. A restitution hearing in this case has been scheduled for Jan. 20, 2011. Giang, 31, of San Francisco, Calif., pled guilty on July 22, 2010, to one count…

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Credit card ‘flash attack’ steals up to $500,000 a month

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

Dan Goodin reports: Credit card fraudsters may have pocketed as much as $500,000 over the past month by pursuing a new type of attack that exploits a major blind spot in payment processors’ defenses, an analyst said. The “flash attacks” recruit hundreds of money mules who go to ATMs throughout the US and almost simultaneously…

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So how are those criminal background checks working out for you?

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Dissent

Megan Fox reports: A woman who was accused and convicted of identity theft for stealing funds from her employer has been accused again for similar charges. Aurea Picasso was hired as a director of Welfare for Hanover County, near Chicago, while awaiting trial for stealing from the State welfare system while employed there. However, while…

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Florida businessman to be sentenced for stealing patient records from Jackson Memorial

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Dissent

Jay Weaver reports: A Miami-Dade businessman who pleaded guilty to pilfering thousands of patient records to sell to lawyers for injury claims faces up to 12 years in prison at his sentencing in federal court Monday afternoon. Ruben E. Rodriguez, 62, admitted he stole Jackson Memorial Hospital records of patients’ names, addresses, telephone numbers and…

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