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…
Category: ID Theft
Ukrainian Carding King ‘Maksik’ Was Lured to Arrest
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…
NY: Cable guy guilty of ID theft
A Time Warner Cable (“TWC”) technician, who illegally installed a spyware program on three of his employers’ computers to enable him to gain unauthorized access to TWC’s customer database and billing system, was convicted on all eight counts against him. The jury convicted Louis Puesan, 45, of multiple counts, including computer trespass, computer tampering in…
Hackers add new twist to check counterfeiting
Jordan Robertson of the Associated Press reports: Think of it as one more reason not to write checks. Hackers believed to be operating out of Russia have figured out a high-tech way to carry out the decidedly low-tech crime of check fraud, a computer security company says — writing at least $9 million in fakes…
Mississippi Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with a Police Officer to Commit Identity Theft and Fraud
Patricia A. Wilson, 34, of Woodville, Miss., pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Jackson, Miss., to conspiring with her cousin, a Natchez Police Department police officer, to commit identity theft, credit card fraud and bank fraud, the Justice Department announced last week. During her plea, Wilson acknowledged that on May 23, 2009, her cousin…
Former Brio Tuscan Grille employee sentenced
A former Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court last week for stealing identity information from customers at the Plaza restaurant where he worked, then using that information to make online purchases. John David Woody, 35, of Los Angeles, Calif., formerly of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Fernando J….