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…
Category: ID Theft
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…
Former fugitives sentenced for possessing more than 3k stolen credit cards
Octavio Delemos, 26, and Ruddy Perez-Espinal, 25, formerly of Miami-Dade County, were sentenced today for conspiring to commit credit card fraud, credit card fraud, and aggravated identity theft. U.S. District Court Marcia G. Cooke sentenced Delemos to 48 months’ imprisonment and Perez-Espinal to 64 months’ imprisonment. Both defendants were ordered to serve a three year…
Two Men Charged For Stealing Credit Card Data Throughout East Bay
Two Los Angeles area men were charged in Contra Costa County Wednesday for allegedly using “skimming” devices to steal people’s ATM and PIN numbers from gas pumps in Martinez, Benicia, Livermore, Hayward, Oakland, San Mateo and Sacramento, Martinez police said Wednesday. David Karapetyan, 31, and Zhiraya Zamanyan, 30, have each been charged with 32 counts…
ER worker accused of stealing dying man’s credit cards
This is not the first time we’ve heard about hospital workers stealing dying patients’ credit cards or information, but it is nonetheless distressing. Candice Ferrette reports on a case at Westchester Medical Center in NY, where a patient care technician in the emergency room has been accused of stealing credit cards from a dying plane…
Lawsuit filed against Elgin clinic over P2P breach
Steven Ross Johnson reports on a lawsuit involving P2P filesharing and patient data: Officials from a local medical clinic remained silent Monday about claims they allowed sensitive information on AIDS patients to be leaked. Calls to the Open Door Clinic of Greater Elgin, 164 Division St., were not returned Monday. The allegations, made in a…