John Brackin reports: The mother of a student attending Fortis Institute in Birmingham, Ala., claims in court that the for-profit school used her personal information to fraudulently charge her for a student loan. Julie Rogers, a resident of Jefferson County, Ala., sued Fortis on Tuesday, along with its parent organization Education Affiliates LLC, in Northern…
Category: ID Theft
IN: McDonald’s employee stole about 100 credit card numbers while working drive-thru
Gabby Gonzalez reports: Newly unsealed court documents reveal how detectives were able to track down a McDonald’s employee who allegedly stole around 100 credit card numbers while working the drive-thru. Police say Makeisha Roberts, the McDonald’s employee, and Quentin Deshawn Creamer worked together to steal customers’ information and make fake credit cards they used to…
Seagate sued by its own staff for leaking personal info to identity thieves
Shaun Nichols reports on a lawsuit filed by Seagate employees whose W-2 information was given to criminals who successfully tricked an employee via business email compromise. The suit [PDF], originally filed in July through the Northern California District Court, accuses the hard drive maker of negligence and unfair business practices stemming from the March 1, 2016…
Credit card information stolen from Abilene taco shop
Andrew McMillan reports: If you made a purchase at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop in Abilene in the past few weeks, you may want to check your bank statements – Abilene police say more than 50 people had their credit card information stolen from the restaurant. According to an incident report filed Wednesday, the identity thefts may…
Indictments in patient data theft from Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology Nutrition of Florida (UPDATED)
As seen in the Tampa Star: Three men have been indicted for stealing the personal patient information of more than 13,000 people from a Tampa medical practice and using it to create fraudulent credit cards and steal tax refunds. The conspiracy to steal the personal patient information of thousands of clients at the Tampa office…
Romanian Hacker “Guccifer” Sentenced to 52 Months in Prison for Computer Hacking Crimes
Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, of Arad, Romania, a hacker who used the online moniker “Guccifer,” was sentenced today to 52 months in prison for unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft. Lazar pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge James C. Cacheris of the Eastern District of Virginia on May 25, 2016. According…