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…
Category: ID Theft
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,…
MA: Former Mercer employee pleads guilty to stealing customer info
A former Blackstone woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with her role in a scheme to steal personal information from clients of her former employer. Jasmine Banks, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit identity theft and access device fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin…
Trump Hotels Investigating a Second Possible Breach: Krebs
Brian Krebs reports: Banking industry sources tell KrebsOnSecurity that the Trump Hotel Collection — a string of luxury properties tied to business magnate and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — appears to be dealing with another breach of its credit card systems. If confirmed, this would be the second such breach at the Trump properties in less…
PA: Former employee at Kirkbride Center convicted of charges relating to patient data theft for tax refund fraud
There’s an update on an insider breach for tax refund fraud involving patient data from the Kirkbride Center in Pennsylvania. As noted in 2014, the data theft occurred in 2012 and 2013. A federal jury sitting in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania returned a guilty verdict today against an Aldan, Pennsylvania, man on charges related…
AL: Former customer service rep from Birmingham wanted for identity theft
Melynda Schauer reports on a case of an identity thief posing as a customer service representative to steal others’ identity information. A tad wild: Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man charged with identity theft who claimed to use his job as a customer service representative to obtain data he needs for his “actual career.”…