In the justice system: Gordon County authorities have arrested Sharon Kay Hoisington and charged her with two counts of receiving stolen property, and 12 counts of identity fraud. She is also the subject of investigations by the Calhoun Police, Murray County, Whitfield County, Bartow County Sheriff’s Offices, and the Dalton and Cartersville Police Departments. More….
Category: ID Theft
3,300 false tax returns file in names of prisoners
So…. would you count this one as a government breach? A former Chicago man living in Israel since 2003, two of his sons and a son-in-law living in Chicago and Los Angeles were arrested and are among 10 defendants indicted on federal tax fraud conspiracy charges for allegedly seeking to obtain more than $35 million…
Dr.InfoSec helps solve school data breach
Although the school district is not named, this sounds like the Fayetteville breach recently reported… On July 29th, as I was following up on a story that flashed across my Twitter stream about 30 certified employees of a school district finding themselves victims of ID theft, I found something that should not have been there….
Last conspirator in $5 million fraud ring sentenced
Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced that all seven conspirators have now been sentenced for stealing more than $5 million through a fraud scheme involving identity theft and credit card, bank and mortgage fraud. The scheme, led by Abdul Hameed of Houston Texas, involved the use of at least…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Bulfrano Maldonado was found guilty of identity theft. Maldonado had successfully opened a bank account in another person’s name and managed to obtain two loans. He was only caught when he tried to convert the loan to his own name by telling the bank he had changed his name — and…
Man arrested in scam case
A fifth person has been arrested in connection with what police are calling the “Jamaican lottery scam” investigation, which already has seen four other Routt County residents federally indicted and arraigned. Dean Leslie Mowatt, 31, was booked into the Routt County Jail on Sunday and is suspected of theft, identity theft, criminal possession of a…