Fox13 reports that Jeremy Jones of Memphis was indicated in federal court for his role in a bank fraud scheme that involved more than $1.6 million. The affidavit of complaint against Jeremy Jones said he started stealing identities of patients of Memphis Neurology back in 2011, and he used those identities to bilk various banks…
Category: ID Theft
Alleged Con Man Charged with Impersonating a Psychiatrist and Prescribing Medications to Dozens of Patients in Chicago
A very disturbing identity theft case where if the charges are true, impacted medical care. CHICAGO — An alleged con man has been charged in federal court with holding himself out as a psychiatrist and fraudulently prescribing medications to a nine-year-old child and dozens of others. SCOTT C. REDMAN, 36, used the identity of an…
Bank details of 100,000 Britons for sale on Bestvalid.cc
Patrick Sawer reports: Criminals are selling the stolen credit and debit card details of 100,000 Britons on the internet in new market said to be “the largest and most brazen of its kind”. For as little as £1.67 banking details stolen from more than a million people worldwide can be bought from the website on…
NY: Phishing scheme may have resulted in tax refund fraud
There’s an update to a reported phishing attack involving Hudson City School District. John Mason and Roger Hannigan report: The phishing scam that netted the Social Security numbers of all Hudson City School District staff members has moved in a troubling new direction. Several staff members, according to District Superintendent Maria Suttmeier, have started to…
Former Tampa Police Department Employee Pleads Guilty To Computer Intrusion
There’s an update to a breach previously reported on this site. Last Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida reported that Tonia Bright (53, Tampa) pleaded guilty to two counts of obtaining information from a protected computer for a fraudulent purpose. According to the plea agreement, Bright was a civilian employee of…
Former IRS employee pleads guilty in identity theft for tax refund fraud scheme
There’s a follow-up to an identity theft for refund fraud case involving a rogue IRS employee noted previously on this blog. Kent Faulk reports that Nakeisha Hall has pleaded guilty and agreed to restitution and forfeiture of $438,187, representing funds actually paid out by IRS as a result of the scheme. The United States Attorney’s Office…