Jacob Richard Roll, 33, of Slater, Missouri, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey on Friday to 14 years and 10 months in federal prison without parole for his role in a conspiracy to steal mail, bank fraud and identity theft.. The court also ordered Roll to pay $13,100 in restitution. On April…
Category: ID Theft
Losses from identity theft skyrocket
Jennifer Waters puts a human face on the impact of identity theft in a piece in The Buffalo News: Identity theft and fraud have ruined Dave Crouse’s life. In less than six months, $900,000 in merchandise, gambling and telephone- service charges were siphoned out of his debit card. His attempts to salvage his finances have…
Hackers Get Data on 10s of Thousands of Payment Cards
Helsinki police are investigating a computer system intrusion that gave hackers access to information about tens of thousands of different types of credit and bank cards. So far, the information for only a few cards has been exploited by the criminals. Altogether, the hackers accessed the numbers of over 100,000 payment cards from the poorly…
(update) 30 reports of ID theft at East Chicago tax service
Leah Hope reports that the number of ID theft victims who all used an H&R Block service is growing: Dozens of East Chicago, Ind., residents who went to H&R Block had their identities stolen, police said. The IRS and East Chicago police are investigating claims that someone got a hold of taxpayers personal information. Thirty…
NM: MASSIVE ID THEFT RING BUSTED: DA: Thieves ‘Used Every Trick in Book’
It started out last month with a man and woman getting busted breaking into cars at the Kohl’s department store on Paseo del Norte NE. By Thursday, a dozen people were in custody in what authorities are calling the largest identity theft ring in the city’s history. Officials have identified Robert Rivera as the ringleader…
(follow-up) Cops say suspected data thief continued spending while awaiting trial
George Warren reports: A data breach involving 29,500 Northern California Kaiser Permanente employees discovered a year ago has led to at least 400 Kaiser employees becoming victims of identity theft, according to criminal investigators. Detectives said the woman accused of stealing the personnel files continued to victimize employees even while she awaited trial. Mia Garza,…