HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane’s office announced the arrest of a Pittsburgh-area woman charged with illicitly obtaining more than $600,000 through an alleged insurance fraud scheme. The arrest was announced Wednesday. The charges against Lisa A. Wally, 33, are the result of an investigation by the Office of Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud…
Category: ID Theft
IL police: Identity theft crew may have targeted 1,600 names
Ronnie Wachter reports: Lincolnshire police say that a three-month investigation has led to charges against three men in a computer fraud ring that could have involved 1,600 victims. After a series of identity theft cases in their communities, police from Lincolnshire and Naperville worked with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in a long investigation. Read more on Chicago…
Russian Man Involved in Carder.su Gets 9 Years in Federal Prison in ID Theft Case
AP reports: A Russian citizen was sentenced in Las Vegas to nine years in federal prison and ordered to pay a share of $50 million in restitution after pleading guilty to racketeering and identity theft in a worldwide cybercrime organization. U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden said Wednesday that Alexander Kostyukov also faces three years of supervised…
NY: Husband, Wife Steal Info From Lenox Hill Hospital Emergency Room Patients, Spend Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars at Saks: Prosecutors
NBC reports: A husband-and-wife pair have been arrested for allegedly stealing the personal information of dozens of Manhattan hospital patients to take control of their bank accounts and buy hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise at luxury retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue, authorities say. Kyle Steed, 30, who was employed at Lenox Hill…
Ex-Monterey Park resident prison-bound for identity theft and tax refund scheme
Hillary Johnson reports: A former Monterey Park resident was sentenced Monday to 40 months in federal prison for filing bogus tax returns using names and Social Security numbers of people whose identity information had been stolen to fraudulently collect refunds. Sang Hwoon Shin, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge George H. King, who also…
Elephant Bar alerts customers to possible payment card breach
Ron Ruggless reports: CM Ebar LLC, parent to the Elephant Bar restaurants, warned customers who used credit cards at the 29-unit chain between August and December that their data may have been breached, the company said Tuesday. The casual-dining operator said it was alerted to the potential security breach on Nov. 3, and it has…