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Former Louisville mortgage broker pleads guilty to identity theft

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Dissent

As a follow-up to a breach initially covered here, the Courier-Journal reports: Former mortgage broker Brett Howard pleaded guilty Monday to one count of aggravated identify theft and 19 counts of bank fraud for using customers’ stolen credit card numbers on a spending spree that included luxury purchases. Under a plea agreement, the government agreed…

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Stonewalled? Guttenberg housing residents still worried

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Dissent

Back in August, I reported a breach involving the Guttenberg Housing Authority in New Jersey that had reportedly left many housing residents and housing applicants on the waiting list confused and worried due to the lack of information in the notifications.  Three months later, Tricia Tirella of the Hudson Reporter reports that residents are still…

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Jp: ‘Leaked MPD data’ out as book

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Dissent

As a follow-up to the breach reported here: A Tokyo publishing house has released a book containing what are believed to be Metropolitan Police Department antiterrorism documents that were leaked onto the Internet last month. Released by Dai-San Shokan Thursday, the book contains the personal information of Muslim residents in this country, such as their…

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PA: Identity theft, counterfeit ring busted by Upper Darby cops

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Dissent

Linda Reilly reports: A chance arrest for the alleged use of a bogus credit card led police to a major nationwide identity theft and counterfeiting ring, officials said. […] “We called the Secret Service due to the number of credit cards,” Chitwood said. “Apparently the Greater Philadelphia area has been hit hard with stolen credit…

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Reduced jail terms over credit card fraud

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Dissent

Two Latvian men who were jailed for 3 years each over credit card fraud had their sentence reduced to 13 months after a Court of Appeal ruled that their young age and early guilty plea were not sufficiently taken into account. The 2 20-year-olds, Edgar Kervis and Eriks Zakis, were part of a group of…

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Ca: Laval transit card disposal breaches privacy

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Dissent

The Laval Transit Corporation has launched an investigation after more than one hundred expired student transit cards were found lying on the ground near the Longueuil metro station on Montreal’s South Shore. Unlike the regular-fare “Opus” smart cards, the student cards contain private information including a person’s name, photo and school. […] The Agence Métropolitaine…

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