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Category: ID Theft

Texas Firm Blames Bank for $50,000 Cyber Heist

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: A business telephone equipment company in Texas is trying to force its bank into a settlement over an attack by organized cyber thieves last year that cost the company $50,000. Attorneys for Dallas-based Hi-Line Supply Inc. recently convinced a state court to require depositions from officials at Community Bank, Inc. of Rockwall,…

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ID theft feared at Ont. government website

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Dissent

The Canadian Press reports: An NDP critic is blasting the Ontario government after it revealed there was a possible case of identity theft linked to its driver’s licence address change website. On Saturday the government issued a news release saying it had “temporarily disabled the online address change function and has launched an investigation.” Read…

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Recruiter in Cheesecake Factory Card-Skimming Case Pleads Guilty

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Dissent

Note: this is a follow-up to a case previously covered on this site. Nicole Lakesha Ward, 28, of Washington D.C., pled guilty today to conspiring to commit bank fraud relating to a card-skimming scheme that targeted customers of The Cheesecake Factory in Washington, D.C. Ward faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison when…

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CT: Three charged with credit card fraud/ID theft ring at local stores

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Dissent

Three New Yorkers were arrested Thursday as they left a local store and charged with orchestrating a credit card fraud and identity theft ring that struck a series of Westport merchants. […] Among the items recovered from the suspects’ vehicle were fraudulent credit cards, credit card statements and a credit card reader, police said. Read…

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VA: Ex-owner of Smithfield farm store pleads guilty to $1.7M fraud

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Dissent

Tim McGlone reports: A Smithfield woman pleaded guilty today to three federal charges, admitting that she stole the identities of customers from her farm equipment store to obtain more than 80 loans worth $1.7 million. Linda T. Rowland, 60, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. Read more…

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Man who stole credit cards, electronics at UVa avoids prison

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Dissent

Brian McNeill reports: A 27-year-old man who stole credit cards and electronics at the University of Virginia will avoid prison time and instead be enrolled in a diversion program in Harrisonburg. Joshua Alan Lafferty pleaded guilty in June 2009 to five counts of breaking and entering, five counts of grand larceny, four counts of credit…

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