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Category: ID Theft

ID theft scam: 2 accused of stealing $289K in tax refunds

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Dissent

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 —…

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(follow-up) Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Identities in Fraud Scheme

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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Airport Worker Accused Of “Skimming” Credit Cards

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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New 5/3 debit cards ‘safety precaution’

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Dissent

WOOD-TV reports: A security breach through a third-party payment company prompted Fifth Third Bank to send new debit cards to its customers as a safety precaution. Bank officials sent a letter to customers and said the debit cards may have been compromised, but other sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers, were not accessed. The…

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(update) Virus that hit Mary’s Pizza “so new it was not even in virus database”

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Dissent

David Bolling provides more information on a breach reported here previously: The Plaza location of Mary’s Pizza Shack has been identified as the target of Internet hackers who penetrated the restaurant’s computer system with a “logger” virus that captured credit card numbers at the transaction terminal. The presence of a virus was discovered by a…

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New victims sought in ID theft probe

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Dissent

City News Service reports: Sheriff’s detectives investigating an identity theft case involving a Valencia laboratory publicized the crime Wednesday in the hope of finding other victims and suspects. All of the victims identified so far had done business with Specialty Laboratories at 27027 Tourney Road, according to Sgt. Darren Harris of the sheriff’s Santa Clarita…

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