Albert Gonzalez was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for the TJX hack and breaches involving retailers, a new record in sentencing for hacking.* He faced up to 25 years. He has yet to be sentenced in the Heartland Payment Systems breach, but that sentencing is expected tomorrow, and the sentences are expected to…
Category: ID Theft
Woman gets 3 years for credit-card thefts at park
Let’s never forget the low-tech headaches…. A Wyncote woman was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison in connection with credit-card thefts from people visiting Valley Forge National Historical Park and other public recreational spaces in 2006, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Karen Battle, 35, and two codefendants were accused of credit card fraud and…
Woman in Valley Forge theft ring sentenced
Mary Pat Flaherty and Martin Weil report: Thousands of dollars in unauthorized withdrawals were made from bank accounts in the Washington area after a skimming device was attached to an ATM in Alexandria, authorities said. The device, which captures bank card information, was spotted Feb. 28 at a Wachovia branch in the 3600 block of…
ID theft scam: 2 accused of stealing $289K in tax refunds
Serena Daniels reports: Two women pocketed nearly $300,000 in state and federal tax returns after stealing the identities of more than 60 customers of an Indiana H & R Block branch, federal prosecutors say. The alleged scheme was uncovered after Rosetta Buchanan, 35, and Francesca Foster, 32 — an H & R Block worker —…
(follow-up) Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Identities in Fraud Scheme
As a follow-up to a breach incident previously reported on this site, Kansas City InfoZine reports that: Robert Leroy Maxwell, 45, has pleaded guilty to identity theft and other charges in a fraud scheme that cost banks and businesses in Kansas City, Kan., Olathe and elsewhere a total of more than $30,000. Maxwell pleaded guilty…
Airport Worker Accused Of “Skimming” Credit Cards
CBS4 reports that an Orlando International Airport parking garage worker was skimming customers’ credit cards and then giving the info over to her boyfriend: On Friday police moved in an arrested 43-year-old Susanna Harutyunya. She now faces three counts of fraud. The thefts were discovered in December when a CitiBank investigator found that 17 separate…