KTBS reports: A former hotel clerk was arrested for using information obtained through his job to fraudulently rent rooms and receive food deliveries, said Sheriff Steve Prator. Between April and June 2017, Delvin Darrell Raphiel, 28, used a childhood friend’s personal information to set up a hotel honors account through which he reserved rooms at…
Category: ID Theft
Text alert: the ‘bank’ message that cost a student £5,400 of her loan money
Miles Brignall has a report that I would encourage you to read. Read it for yourself, because this could happen to you, of course, but also read it and then share it with any of your children who have accounts that they can access. This really is some well-done fraud that begins with fraudsters spoofing…
Glen Head couple charged with identity theft in health insurance fraud case
We all know that medical identity theft to acquire treatment services is a risk, and that commingling of medical records could pose a real danger to patients, but you don’t read about that many actual instances. Here’s one out of New York, as reported by Amelia Camurati: A Glen Head couple was arrested last week for…
Russian Cyber-Criminal Roman Valeryevich Seleznev Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Role in Organized Cybercrime Ring Responsible for $50 Million in Online Identity Theft and $9 Million Bank Fraud Conspiracy
There’s an update to a case this site has been following for the past several years. A Russian cyber-criminal was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for his role in a $50 million cyberfraud ring and for defrauding banks of $9 million through a hacking scheme. Roman Valeryevich Seleznev aka Track2, Bulba and Ncux,…
FEMA confirms identity theft claims after NBC2 investigation
Rachel Polansky reports: Dozens of Southwest Floridians are sick and tired of waiting for answers from FEMA after being hit by Hurricane Irma and then, identity thieves. A month after the NBC2 Investigators exposed a major scheme involving criminals stealing local identities to defraud the federal government, the NBC2 Investigators are finally getting answers from…
Feds indict AlphaBay’s PR man
Cyrus Farivar reports: A 24-year-old man from Illinois has been accused by federal prosecutors of being the spokesman for AlphaBay, the now-defunct online drug marketplace. On Wednesday, Ronald L. Wheeler III of Streamwood, Ill. was charged in federal court in Atlanta with “conspiracy to commit access device fraud,” according to the Associated Press. Read more…