Once again, a reminder that the local business you trust with your tax or bank account information may not be worthy of your trust. A Pembroke Pines, Florida, couple pleaded guilty for conspiring to use stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service. According to court documents, between July 2009 and…
Category: ID Theft
Vermont state employees fall for phishing email
Anne Galloway reports that at least 500 Vermont state employees fell for a phishing scam on Thursday that compromised at least 50 employees’ W-2 information. Galloway provides the text of the phishing email in her report. Had the employees checked the From address, they might have been suspicious that it wasn’t from a .gov address, and the…
Man Who Tried to Frame Brian Krebs In Heroin Plot Pleads Guilty to Cybercrime Charges
Brian Krebs writes: A Ukrainian man who tried to frame me for heroin possession has pleaded guilty to multiple cybercrime charges in U.S. federal court, including credit card theft and hacking into more than 13,000 computers. Sergey Vovnenko, 29, entered a guilty plea in Newark, New Jersey to charges of aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit…
Delco contractor hijacks website, steals thousands for project he didn’t start – District Attorney
Daniel Craig reports: A Delaware County contractor is being accused of stealing thousands of dollars from homeowners for a project he never started and illegally taking over a website he was hired to create in order to do so. Prosecutors announced the charges against 39-year-old Vincent Cottrell of the 1200 block of Foss Avenue in…
AL: Check cashing business employees charged with ID theft
Matt Elofson reports: Dothan police have arrested two former employees of a local check cashing and small loan business on felony identity theft charges. Dothan Police Lt. Will Glover said police arrested 27-year-old Brittani Monique Watson and 44-year-old Christie Renetta Whitehurst on Thursday as part of an identity theft investigation. Read more on Dothan…
Owner of Tuskegee counseling service convicted on fraud charges; misused patient and children’s info
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange announced the conviction yesterday of the owner of a Tuskegee counseling service for billing the Alabama Medicaid Agency for services that were not provided to Medicaid recipients. Lula Jones Bridges, 53, of Notasulga, is the owner of Hope for Families and Community Services, a nonprofit counseling service. Bridges pleaded guilty today…