Ben Galinas reports: Edmonton police are looking for an alleged fraudster wanted on 137 charges connected to the theft of more than 120 identities. Acting Det. David Butt said police found driver’s licences, social insurance cards, debit cards and credit cards belonging to people from across Alberta after executing a search warrant in an Edmonton…
Category: ID Theft
Hancock Fabrics confirms skimmers found in some stores
Hancock Fabrics today confirmed what had been reported in the media back in October and November of 2009: customers in a number of states had their debit and credit card data stolen by skimmers in some of the stores. The data theft occurred during the period of August-September, 2009, but reports of fraud did not…
ID theft charges superceded by murder indictment
A seventeen-count superseding indictment was returned yesterday in Brooklyn federal court charging Dmitriy Yakovlev and his wife, Julia Yakovlev, with identity theft, bank fraud, credit card fraud, and effecting fraudulent transactions as a result of their illegal use of the identities of three persons between 2003 and 2007. The defendant Dmitriy Yakovlev is further charged…
La Mesa Tax Preparer Guilty of Fraud and ID Theft
A La Mesa tax preparer was convicted Thursday of 32 felony counts related to his business, including identity theft and tax, Social Security and Medi-Cal fraud. Saleh Mahmoud Zahran, 50, was found guilty by a jury of the charges following a two-week trial in U.S. District Court in San Diego. His wife, 35- year-old Maysa…
27 more indicted in KY fraud, identity theft ring
The total number of arrests in in connection with a check fraud and identity theft ring has risen to 109 with the indictment of 27 more people, police announced Thursday. Those 27 indictments, which were handed down Wednesday, are the “finishing touches” on a joint three-year investigation by the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task…
Cyberthieves Using Bluetooth To Steal Gas Station Credit Card Data
Evan Schuman writes: When cyberthieves plant skimming devices inside POS PIN pads, they typically have one of two headaches. First, they have to return to the scene of the crime to retrieve the device and its stolen data, which is dangerous. If the thieves use the device to wirelessly phone the data to one of…