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“I am not the cop you think I am. I am a piece of s***.” – Former NYPD officer engaged in ID theft

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Dissent

EmpireStateNews.net reports: A former officer with the New York City Police Department was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 28 months in prison for credit card fraud and identity theft.  John Montanez, 28, of the Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty in August 2014 to one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity…

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Now about those background checks…?

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Dissent

So your organization contracts with a firm that conducts background checks on your hires, and you require your contractors and subcontractors to conduct background checks on their employees. You’ve got your bases covered, right? What could possibly go wrong?

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PA: 18 Named In Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Affecting Over 11,000 Victims

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Dissent

Eighteen individuals from around the United States have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The thirteen-count superseding indictment named Doherty Kushimo, 53, of Providence, Rhode Island; Saburi Adeyemi, 57, of Memphis, Tennessee; Abiodun Bakre, 50, of Ozone Park, New York;…

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PA: Hundreds of court documents found scattered in Philadelphia

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Dissent

ABC reports: Documents with personal information, such as social security numbers and signatures, were found strewn all over the Grays Ferry section of Philadelphia on Tuesday. We found them after responding to a viewer tip. Action News looked into where they documents came from, and on Wednesday the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court took responsibility. […]…

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Anthem’s notification letter to affected members

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Dissent

A template of Anthem’s letter to affected members has been submitted to, and uploaded by, the California Attorney General’s Office. You can read it here (pdf).

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Jeb Bush’s privacy-shattering email cache hid another surprise: Viruses

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Dissent

Martyn Williams reports: In addition to personal phone numbers and email addresses for hundreds of people who corresponded with him, there’s something else inside the cache of emails that Jeb Bush released this week: computer viruses. Earlier this week, Bush, who some tip as a presidential hopeful, released thousands of emails from his time as…

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