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Carolina West Wireless customer data found during vehicle search

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Dissent

Authorities are trying to determine how men in Beaumont, Texas, ended up with papers that had personal financial information of Wilkesboro-based Carolina West Wireless customers, said Wilkesboro Police Chief Robert Bowlin. Bowlin said a Beaumont Police Department detective contacted Carolina West on Sept. 30 and said Beaumont police had found 121 documents related to Carolina…

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Germany Buying More Stolen Data as Tax Agreement With Switzerland Nears

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Dissent

Patrick Donahue reports: German authorities confirmed the purchase of another CD with stolen Swiss bank information as authorities aim to finalize an agreement with Switzerland that may curb tax evasion and bring a windfall in tax revenue. Officials in the western city of Muenster paid 1.5 million euros ($2.1 million) for a CD with data…

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WI: Former Adecco employee implicated in ID thefts of Milwaukee County workers

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Dissent

A former contracted employee for the Milwaukee County human resources department faces an identify theft charge – and so does her boyfriend. 26-year-old Starlita Sims and 25-year-old Christopher Lee Jackson are each charged with one felony count. But Sheriff David Clarke said Monday that the couple is suspected of stealing the identities of over 30…

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Real estate broker gets 69 years in prison for $17.5 million fraud

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Dissent

Rachanee Srisavasdi and Larry Welborn report: A real estate broker was sentenced to 69 years and six months in prison Monday for a $17.5 million real estate fraud scheme in which she used stolen identities to illegally purchase properties, then defaulted on the loans to pocket the loan money. Kathy Chen, 49, was convicted in…

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FL: Employees’ Personal Info Found In Trash

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Dissent

An employee taking out the trash at a Southside office plaza found boxes of employees’ W-2 forms, copies of their driver’s licenses, Social Security cards and other personal information, all from the tax company Jackson Hewitt. Cynthia Kessler said she found out Monday some of her personal information, including her Social Security number, driver’s license…

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IE: HSE ‘rocked’ by security breach on 1,500 patient records

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Dissent

Roisin Burke reports: Hundreds of patient records were seriously compromised by a major security breach at the HSE, the Sunday Independent has learned. The 1,500 sensitive health records were removed from a Dublin office and emailed to an outside organisation. A private IT contractor, who was being overseen by a HSE staff member, downloaded the…

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