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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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WA: Fast food customers’ identities stolen by worker, say police

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Dissent

Three people are charged in an alleged identity theft ring, skimming credit and debit card information from fast food customers at a Tukwila Wendy’s restaurant. Maria Elena DeHoyos-Ortiz, 33, Linzy Jerome Hopkins, 27, and Ricardo Ricky Ramacho, II, 28, are charged with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit identity theft. King County Sheriff’s Detectives say…

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Ukrainian Carding King ‘Maksik’ Was Lured to Arrest

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Dissent

Kim Zetter dips into Verizon’s new report and relays details of how Yastermskiy was eventually captured and arrested: A Ukrainian carder who earned more than $11 million selling credit and debit card data stolen from top U.S. retailers was lured to a meeting in Turkey in 2007 where he was arrested by local authorities, according…

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