Four defendants have been sentenced to federal prison for their participation in a stolen identity tax fraud scheme. Wolf Obin, 32, of Miami-Dade, was sentenced to 64 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Stanley Moscova, 28, of Miami-Dade, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised…
Category: ID Theft
Founder of Fake Prison Charity sentenced for stealing Prisoner Identities, Claiming Millions of Dollars in false Tax Refunds
Qadir Shabazz, a/k/a Deangelo Moore, a/k/a Deangelo Muhammad, has been sentenced to a prison term of 23 years, one month for running a massive, multi-state fraud scheme in which he operated a fake prison charity that stole thousands of prisoners’ identities to apply for millions of dollars in fraudulent income tax refund dollars. Shabazz was…
PBSO deputy tied to $283,000 identity-theft scam
Mike Stucka reports: The Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy arrested Thursday on federal identity-theft charges is tied to a longtime scamster who pleaded guilty this year to a $283,00 identity theft, as well as being part of a $387,000 fraud to rent dozens of houses that weren’t his. A Homeland Security agent’s affidavit against deputy Frantz Felisma, 42,…
Derrell Lee of Atlanta Sentenced To 32 Months For Aggravated Identity Theft And Bank Fraud Involving TD Bank Branches In Vermont
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Derrell Lee, 25, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced today for his role in a scheme to defraud TD Bank through the cashing or attempted cashing of fraudulent checks in Vermont using the stolen personal information and bank account information of other…
Black market medical record prices drop to under $10, criminals switch to ransomware
Maria Korolov reports: The black market value of stolen medical records dropped dramatically this year, and criminals shifted their efforts from stealing data to spreading ransom ware, according to a report released this morning. Hackers are now offering stolen records at between $1.50 and $10 each, said Anthony James, CMO at San Mateo, Calif.-based security…
FL: Palm Beach sheriff’s deputy arrested in ID theft case
Paula McMahon and Adam Sacasa report: A Palm Beach sheriff’s deputy faces identity theft and fraud charges for abusing his access to a law enforcement database to steal people’s personal information, authorities said Thursday. Another man arrested in the same case told investigators that he agreed to pay Deputy Frantz Felisma $10,000 a month in…