The leader of a mail- and identity-theft ring has been sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver said today. Prosecutors said Ronald Richard Creighton, 37, of Colorado Springs, and his accomplices stole mail after breaking into mailboxes in large apartment complexes in Denver and Colorado Springs. They…
Category: ID Theft
MN: Counterfeit credit card defendant pleads guilty
James Walsh reports: Like dominos down the line from the first one tipped, federal investigators expect Wednesday’s guilty plea by a Fridley man to bring down an international counterfeit credit card scheme headquartered here in the Twin Cities. Olayemi Lateef Banjoko pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, but he is…
Former WellPoint employee pleads guilty to mail fraud, ID theft
Nora R. Dannehy, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Angelique Mullings, also known as “Angelique Eubanks,” “Angelique Scott,” “Angelique Mullins,” “Angelique Sales” and “Angelique Salis,” 39, of West Haven, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Christopher F. Droney in Hartford to one count…
Za: Hijacked IDs are fuelling spending sprees
Identity theft has increased phenomenally in South Africa, reaching such a level that a major retailer is thinking about installing photo-recognition or fingerprint scanners in its stores. Johan Kok, chief operating officer of JD Group, said identity theft had become much more sophisticated in the past five years. Their group is part of the South…
Woman worms into D.C. taxpayer accounts
Michael Neibauer reports: A mentally ill woman exploited a loophole in D.C. tax office online systems to gain unauthorized access to taxpayer accounts, establish herself as the owner of dozens of businesses and file returns on their behalf. Details of the online trespass, by a woman who law enforcement sources say believed herself to be…
Resident of India Pleads Guilty in International Online Brokerage “Hack, Pump and Dump” Scheme
A resident of India pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges arising from an international fraud scheme to “hack” into online brokerage accounts in the United States and use those accounts to manipulate stock prices, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Deborah K.R. Gilg…