J.D. Gallop reports: Hundreds of credit card numbers were compromised at a Melbourne gas station after a credit card skimmer was hidden inside a rigged pump last month. Police found the skimmer — attached with Velcro — at the RaceTrac at 4641 W. Eau Gallie Blvd. after getting complaints of fraudulent credit and debit card…
Category: U.S.
Former Purdue student sentenced for ID theft, fraud
Sophia Voravong reports: A former Purdue University student was sentenced Friday to one year in prison for an elaborate scheme to obtain credit cards and financial loans using personal information that was stolen from a West Lafayette apartment complex. Adekanmi Adewola Arojojoye, 22, of Dolton, Ill., pleaded guilty in November in Tippecanoe Circuit Court to…
TN: Ex-deputy sentenced to 34 months in prison for ID theft
Jamie Satterfield reports: A former Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputy who used a woman’s personal information for personal profit in an identity theft scheme is headed to federal prison. U.S. District Judge Tom Varlan on Friday sentenced Michelle Lee Stiles, 39, to 34 months in prison for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. […] According…
WA: Suspected ID thief may have over 1,000 victims
Drew Mikkelsen reports: An Olympia man arrested Thursday may have planned to steal the identities of 1,000 people, said Thurston County Sheriff John Snaza. Anthony Vaughn is held on 50 counts of identity theft at the Thurston County Jail. A veteran detective said Vaughn was likely part of the largest identity theft ring in county…
OH: Second suspect in Zanesville nail salon raid turns self in
Kathy Thompson reports: A second suspect being sought in a statewide licensing and identity fraud scam turned himself in Friday to the Zanesville Police Department. […] Kevin Miller, director of the Ohio State Board of Cosmetology said the two were charged after a yearlong investigation by the cosmetology board into fraudulent driver’s licenses being used…
FL: Social Security Numbers Found on Duval County Website
Maria Will knows to be careful on the internet, especially with private information like bank account and Social Security numbers. “Anybody can put an address in and pull up anything,” said Will. But she didn’t realize some of that protected information can be found on a government website. In at least one case, there was…