Larry Shields reports: Police say they’ve broken up a large identity theft operation based out of an airport hotel. Airport police along with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Secret Service arrested six people Friday. All six are charged with organzied crime and trafficking in stolen identities. According to an airport spokesperson, the investigation…
Category: ID Theft
Anthem responds to The Plain Dealer story
Sheryl Harris of The Plain Dealer recently took Anthem to task over a recently disclosed breach and suggests that it may be linked to at least two cases of fraud reported by Ohioans: […] How do two men who have never taken out payday loans wind up on a list of cash-advance frequent fliers? The…
Signs of a new rash of breaches in hospitality sector, but it’s not us – Heartland
Following revelations of a breach at Tino’s Greek Cafe in Texas, a spokesperson for the Austin Police Department (APD) set off a bit of a firestorm both in the media and backchannel by raising the possibility that the breach might be at Heartland Payment Systems. As reported by KVUE’s Andrew Horansky on August 12: Sgt….
PA: $33,950 stolen from Fayette Heating and Air Conditioning payroll account
A Fayette County business said it has discovered that about $33,950 was missing last month from its payroll account through First Niagara Bank, apparently transferred via a computer that was traced to an Internet provider in Europe, state police at Uniontown reported. […] Wachovia Bank, based in Charlotte, was contacted about the transferred $29,000. Police…
GA: Arrest made in ID theft case
The Flowery Branch Police Department is investigating an identity theft case that may stretch across the South and involve an estimated $100,000 in fraudulent credit card use. […] Officers ended up charging Lecresha S. Dudley, 27, of Oakland, Calif., with one count of transaction card fraud, one count of forgery of a transaction card, two…
Doherty Hotel’s database fraudulently accessed; 150 credit cards subject of probe
Cindy Cranmer reports: More than 150 credit card holders who frequented a local business that had its database accessed have seen fraudulent charges appear on their cards in a case that is being investigated by the U.S. Secret Service, according to authorities. It was determined in the ongoing investigation that the “location that was compromised”…