Brian Buckey reports: Lourdes University nursing students who recently fell victim to fraud involving their credit or debit cards figured out what may be the best clue for police: They each had made purchases near the end of April at the university cafe. Justin Mannebach, 30, was one of the student victims of the fraud…
Category: U.S.
Five Charged in Nationwide Identity Theft Scheme
Conspirators obtain identity information of 125,000 taxpayers and submit alleged false federal income tax returns seeking $6.6 million in refunds from IRS MEDFORD, Ore. – Federal law enforcement agents arrested four individuals in conjunction with a series of search and arrest warrants executed in Maryland and Georgia based on an Oregon federal grand jury indictment…
Warner, Johnson, Ayotte introduce Senate bill to require IRS to notify victims of identity theft
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) introduced a bill Wednesday to require the Internal Revenue Service to notify potential victims of identity theft, something the agency has not always done in the past. The Social Security Identity Defense Act of 2015 would require the IRS to notify an individual…
The CFAA meets the “cannibal cop” in the Second Circuit — and maybe beyond
Orin Kerr writes: The Second Circuit held oral argument Tuesday in United States v. Valle, widely known as the “Cannibal Cop” case. There was a ton of media attention about this case at trial, including the trial judge’s decision to overturn the jury verdict for conspiracy to commit kidnapping on the ground that it was all a fantasy. HBO has already…
Alabama woman charged in $7.5 million stolen identity tax refund fraud ring
Kent Faulk reports: A Phenix City woman was arrested Tuesday based on an April 28 federal grand jury indictment charging her with conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, federal authorities announced. Talashia Hinton, also known as LayLay and LaLa, was charged in the indictment with one count of conspiracy…
NJ: Personal tax records found in Edison trash
Another case where records in a storage unit wind up in the wild when the owner falls behind on storage rent. News12 New Jersey reports: Hundreds of old tax documents with personal information on them were found left out in the trash Tuesday in Edison. The boxes, about 12 in all, were from Tax DRX,…