It’s nice when you can wrap up a bunch of ID theft cases into one neat bundle. In Canada, one of those bundles is allegedly an Ontario man named Kokulan Kanagaratnam. Paul Turenne of QMI Agency reports: An Ontario man arrested by Winnipeg police last month in connection with a high-tech ATM fraud allegedly went…
Category: ID Theft
NY man sentenced to 69 months for role in multi-national ID theft scheme
A New York man was sentenced yesterday to 69 months in prison for leading an identity theft conspiracy that targeted confidential customer account information to access victims’ home equity lines of credit (HELOCs). Hakeem Olokodana , 43, of Queens, N.Y., previously pleaded guilty before United States Judge William H. Walls on November 24, 2009, to…
Romanian sentenced to 15 months in prison for multi-state ATM skimming operation
A Romanian citizen, Nelut Ady Oana, 33, was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in prison for participating in a multistate ATM skimming scheme. According court documents and statements made in court, Oana and others conspired to install skimmers devices on ATMs and on card swipe access devices used by banks to control access to ATM…
Aldi data breach shows payment terminal holes
Jaikumar Vijayan reports on the ALDI breach that’s been in the news recently: …. More than 1,000 Aldi shoppers in the Chicago area and from Indianopolis have already reported fraudulent activities related to breaches at Aldi stores. There have been similar reports in other states as well. Analysts estimate that there could be some tens…
IN: Dozens of debit/credit card numbers stolen in Porter County
Ken Kosky reports: Valparaiso and Porter County police are alerting the public that dozens of people’s debit/credit cards numbers have been compromised. Police said at least 36 people have reported that their numbers have been used fraudulently in Georgia, Florida and other states. The loss is several thousand dollars. Law enforcement is trying to identify…
International Credit Card Fraudsters Arrested in Russia
HostExploit reports: The Office of the Interior Ministry to the Russian Federation has reported on the arrest of an international criminal group using fake credit cards to steal more than $1.96 million (20 million rubles) from Russian and foreign banks. Following investigations carried out by Department ‘K’ of Internal Affairs more than 50 members of the…