I just received this press release from the IRS, Criminal Investigation: An employee of a home health care company in Broward County pled guilty for her participation in an identity theft fraud scheme involving a patient’s personal identifying information. Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R. Jackson, Special…
Category: ID Theft
NY: Health care agency owner accused of stealing clients’ personal information
Serenity Care’s tagline on their web site is “putting a loving touch on home healthcare.” Maybe it should add, “and putting a touch on your wallet.” The owner of a private home health care agency is under arrest after a nine-month investigation. Allison Delong, 38, owns Serenity Care, which is based in Chatham. Police say Delong stole…
University employees vulnerable after tax data breach involving W-2 vendor
Hannah Knowles reports that a breach involving a W-2 vendor has left employees in the education sector at risk of tax refund fraud. This time, it’s W-2 Express and Stanford University, although other clients of W-2 Express are also reportedly affected: At least 600 current and former Stanford employees are vulnerable to tax fraud following the illegitimate download…
More than 100 Randolph College employees report recent identity theft (Updated)
Tim Saunders reports: More than 100 people who work for Randolph College in Lynchburg have encountered problems this year while trying to file their tax returns. That’s because their personal information was stolen in what appears to be a data breach. […] As of Monday 103 people who work for Randolph have reported a recent…
TX: Two found guilty of ID theft in ruse
Gabrielle Banks reports: A pair of low-level Houston managers at one of the nation’s largest trash collection companies were convicted in federal court Friday of stealing identities of more than 10 U.S. citizens and assigning them to undocumented garbage collectors. The undocumented workers involved in the identity theft scheme at an Afton Road hauling site…
NY: Ringleader In Orange County Bank Fraud And Identity-Theft Scheme
There’s an update to a case noted previously on this site. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the sentencing of ringleader Tyrone “Reece” Lee, 29, for running an identity-theft ring that stole over $457,000 from customers of Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo) in Newburgh, N.Y. In February, following a trial in Orange County Court,…