A former employee of Miami-Dade County Public Schools pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of credit card fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. According to information made public at her plea hearing, Roshell Demps, 28, worked in the Risk & Benefits Office at the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS), and…
Category: ID Theft
Armenian sentenced to time served in card skimming operation
The Associated Press reports that an Armenian, Artur Grigoryan, was sentenced to time served for his part in a card skimming operation that victimized customers of Rite Aid stores in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Grigoryan had already served two years and is expected to be deported to Armenia. His co-conspirator, Artur Harutyunyan, is set to be…
Man who misused commercial database sentenced to prison
As a follow-up to a case previously noted here, Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr. announced that a Queens, N.Y., man was sentenced to 141 months in federal prison today for supplying Social Security numbers to members of an identity fraud ring. U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton also ordered Yomi Jagunna, 44, to…
Jackson Memorial record theft case expands
Paul Brinkmann reports: A federal indictment relating to stolen patient records at Jackson Memorial Hospital has been expanded to include a second defendant, Maria Victoria Suarez. The grand jury indictment, originally filed in July, alleges that Suarez and her husband, Ruben Rodriguez of Miami, bought patient records illegally from Rebecca Garcia from November 2006 to…
Former nurse sentenced for stealing patients’ identities
As a follow-up to a case reported previously, WSLS reports that former Lynchburg nurse Karen Priscilla Jones was sentenced in federal court to 34 months in prison, two years of supervised release, and $9,132 in restitution as well as $800 in special assessment fees. Jones had pleaded guilty to three counts of identity theft, two…
Follow-up: Final Member of DC-Area Restaurant Card-Skimming Ring Sentenced
A Maryland man who was the third leader of a card-skimming ring victimizing Washington, D.C.-area restaurants was sentenced in federal court last week to 81 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Erick V. Burton, age 38, of District Heights, Md., was also ordered to pay $814,673.20 in restitution, as were his…