Fox61 reports: STAFFORD SPRINGS — Exactly nine months after police began investigating the possibility that a local company was committing fraud and larceny, three people have been arrested. […] It was determined that the employees of Shark Cycle were stealing the personal information — names, birthday and social security numbers — of customers who were veterans. They…
Category: ID Theft
Three Romanian nationals indicted in cyber fraud case in which they infected 60,000 computers, sent out 11 million malicious emails and stole at least $4 million
A 21-count indictment was unsealed in which three Romanian nationals were charged for operating a cyber fraud conspiracy in which they infected 60,000 computers, sent out 11 million malicious emails and stole at least $4 million, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony. Bogdan Nicolescu, 34, Tiberiu…
Florida man sentenced to prison for selling medical records stolen from Rotech Healthcare
There’s an update to an incident previously reported on this site in August: Dec. 13 – U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell today sentenced Vickie Lorenzo Bryant (39, Plant City) to four years in federal prison for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. He pleaded guilty on August 23, 2016. According to court documents, in…
North Miami Resident Sentenced for Possessing 2,434 Stolen Identities
A North Miami resident was sentenced yesterday to 47 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing 2,434 stolen identities. Camelin Junior Desrosiers, 28, previously pled guilty to one count of possession of fifteen or more unauthorized access devices, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(3),…
OH: Stolen prisoners’ identities netted $422,523 in college loans
Alan Johnson reports: State investigators have uncovered a scheme where the identities of prison inmates were stolen to fraudulently apply for and receive $422,523 in student college loans. Ohio Inspector General Randall J. Meyer found the fraud during a two-year investigation after receiving a tip from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General…
AZ: Hospital employee accused of stealing patients’ credit cards; bought parts to build AR-15
Morgan Tanabe reports: A hospital employee is behind bars for allegedly buying multiple items from a store online with credit cards that he stole from patients. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office recently charged Filip Chudziak of Surprise with fraudulent scheme, fraudulent credit card and identify theft. […] Chudziak, a current Banner Boswell Hospital employee, was…