Juan Rombado, a former Wachovia Bank employee, has been convicted of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft arising from several schemes aimed at defrauding his employer through the theft of customer identities, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced. Indicted and arrested in August 2009, Rombado pleaded guilty to both counts before United States District Judge…
Category: ID Theft
Former state tax department employee arrested
The Associated Press reports: Louisiana State Police say a former employee of the state Department of Revenue faces nine felony charges, including theft and unauthorized use of credit card information. Detectives say 39-year-old Joy Lynn Aikens, of Prairieville, was arrested Tuesday on one count of malfeasance in office, two counts of identity theft and six…
CA: Auburn I.D. theft ring is crushed
Four suspects are under arrest and more arrests are expected after Placer County Sheriff’s detectives broke up a large-scale identity theft ring Tuesday. The suspects allegedly stole at least $100,000 from victims across the county, according to sheriff’s department officials. Jayson P. Krack, 29, of Citrus Heights, and James M. Marich, 45, Shelly McCrory, 40,…
Tennessee man pleads guilty to ID theft, fraud involving military credit accounts
The Associated Press reports that Deldrick Toles, a former Fort Campbell soldier, has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to identity theft and bank fraud. A news release indicated that Toles “admitted to defrauding the Army Air Force Exchange Service by using Military Star account numbers belonging to others to…
Former Nursing Home Licensed Practical Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Patients’ IDs
Erica Shanta Fowler, 27, of Virginia Beach, pled guilty Tuesday to aggravated identity theft for stealing identity information belonging to nursing home patients. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, made the announcement after Fowler’s plea was accepted by United States District Judge Robert G. Doumar. She faces a mandatory…
McDonald’s Canada targeted by debit fraud
McDonald’s Canada is co-operating with Winnipeg police as they investigate allegations of debit card fraud targeting at least one of the fast-food chain’s local outlets and ranging as far as Quebec. The news Thursday came one day after Winnipeg police said hundreds of people were victimized after debit card machines and PIN pads had been…