AP reports: A clerk at the California Department of Motor Vehicles and five other people have been indicted on charges involving the creation of new identities with Puerto Rican documents that were then used to get driver’s licenses, authorities said Wednesday. DMV clerk Tracy Lynette Jones pleaded not guilty on Monday in federal court in…
Category: ID Theft
Mainstreet FCU reports fraud not linked to data breach of their system (Update1)
Tim Orem reports: A data breach compromised information belonging to about 300 members of the Lenexa, Kan.-based Mainstreet Federal Credit Union, according to President/CEO John Beverlin. Beverlin told CU Times hackers did not break into the credit union’s systems and that the fraudsters likely purchased members’ information somewhere online. Now the criminals are trying to capitalize on it, he…
Court rules for Coca-Cola identity theft victim on stolen laptops
Judy Greenwald reports: A Coca-Cola employee who was the victim of identity theft after company laptops were stolen did suffer actual harm as a result, and can pursue a putative class action lawsuit against the company, says a Pennsylvania federal court. Shane K. Enslin began working for a company that was eventually acquired by the…
Two Florida Residents Sentenced for Possessing Stolen Personal Identification Information
Two Miami-Dade County residents were sentenced to prison terms for their participation in a stolen identity tax fraud scheme based on information discovered while they were boarding a flight at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Phillip Collins, 29, of Miami Gardens, was sentenced to 25 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Godfrey…
Former Comptroller of Albuquerque Construction Company Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Firm
AP is reporting that Stephanie Pyle, 40, has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison for fraud and identity theft. She was also ordered to pay more than $2.4M in restitution. Pyle was arraigned in February, 2015 after a grand jury returned a 12-count indictment charging her with six counts of access device fraud and…
FL: Pensacola man arrested for stealing personal information from job seekers
TaMaryn Waters reports: A 19-year-old Escambia County man has been arrested on charges of identity theft following an investigation by the Tallahassee Police Department and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. Investigators learned Gerald Howard Washington, of Pensacola, posted online advertisements claiming he was searching for candidates to fill 1,100 local positions. According to the…