A handful of East Bay Wells Fargo customers had their credit cards canceled after their card numbers were stolen. The bank says the card holders were victims of what’s called “a point of sale compromise.” That means thieves acquired card numbers at a store or ATM — not by hacking into a computer system. Customers…
Category: ID Theft
2 men face over 130 identity theft charges each
The Associated Press reports: A traffic stop in Tampa has lead to the arrest of two men who forged documents using public jail inmate data. Police say 21-year-old Bobby Wilson Jr. and 24-year-old Sebastian Leonard face over 130 charges each of identity theft, including fraudulent use of personal information and obtaining credit cards by fraudulent…
(follow-up) Gallatin Gateway woman gets nearly three years federal prison for fraud and identity theft
A Gallatin Gateway woman was sentenced in federal court Friday to 33 months in prison and three years probation after pleading guilty to credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft earlier this year. U.S. District Judge Donald Malloy also ordered Erin Lee Stewart, 50, to pay $7,185 in restitution to her victims. According to statements…
Former Gas Station Employee Sentenced to Three and a Half Years for Stealing Over 2,000 Credit Card Numbers
United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced Friday that United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced Pavel Abramyan, 27, of Rancho Cordova, to three and a half years in federal prison for possessing stolen credit card numbers. Abramyan pleaded guilty on October 15, 2009. This case was the product of an investigation by…
GA: Defendants Charged in Widespread Identity Theft Scheme
Opeoluwa Adigun a/k/a Mary Afolabi, age unknown, and Chukwuka Onyekaba a/k/a Gabriel Onyekaba, 32, both of Marietta, Georgia, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of stealing the identities of more than 80 individuals in the Atlanta metropolitan area and opening credit card accounts, loans, and bank accounts in the names of…
GA officials: Hacking was outside eatery
Rodney Manly reports: A security breach that has compromised the credit and debit cards of recent customers at the Mellow Mushroom in Warner Robins is believed to have occurred outside the restaurant, police and the restaurant’s lawyer said Friday. “The breach happened either with the computing end of it or at the payment processing center….