Roshell Demps was hired to help Miami-Dade Schools personnel obtain their employee benefits…. Authorities say Demps used one employee’s personal information to open a credit card account — and then went on a spending spree. […] Most recently, [Demps] worked in the office that oversees healthcare benefits, life insurance and workers compensation. When authorities went…
Category: ID Theft
Stolen IDs help man pay for penis and breast enlargements
A Philadelphia man who authorities say stole the identities of eight Lehigh Valley residents and racked up $88,000 of bills in their names — some of which was used to buy penis enlargements for him and a friend and breast implants for two women — has pleaded guilty to more than 40 crimes, according to…
Seattle man sentenced for ID theft, hacking
Frederick Eugene Wood once had been a promising medical student, before the methamphetamine took over. Then he became an HIV-infected addict who used his smarts as a computer hacker and identity thief. Tuesday, a federal judge in Seattle sentenced the 34-year-old Seattle man to more than three years in prison for using peer-to-peer file-sharing networks…
Memorial Hermann worker convicted
Nakeshia Brown, aka Nakeshia Green, 30, of Rosenberg, has been convicted of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft arising from the theft of personal identifying information from the medical records of patients admitted to a Houston area hospital, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. At a hearing today before United States District Judge David…
BofA, Citigroup warn of security breach (updated)
Tim McLaughlin pf Boston Business Journal reports that Bank of America and Citigroup have issued new credit and debit cards to Massachusetts customers after security concerns. Both sent letters to customers in MA that their account numbers may have been compromised. “We have learned that account information from certain Bank of America debit cards may…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: A federal judge Jade Ingalls to 66 months in prison on charges of aggravated identity theft, bank fraud and other charges. Ingalls got caught by leaving a wallet in a store. When a store employee opened the wallet to find ID to notify the customer, the employee found at least five…