Two heads are better than one. Evan Francen noticed a breach report on the New Hampshire Attorney General’s site that I apparently missed back in July. A laptop containing confidential and personal information of clients of attorney George R. LaRocque, Jr. was stolen during a home invasion. Read more about the incident with Evan’s commentary…
Category: U.S.
WI: Man Facing 27 Charges for Allegedly Spying on ATM to Steal ID’s
Here’s a case where a would-be thief took the low-tech route and used binoculars to spy on ATM transactions instead of a skimmer: A Racine County man is accused of spying on ATM customers with binoculars, and then using ID numbers to grab money from their bank accounts. 33-year-old Thomas Kasprovich of Mount Pleasant is…
NV AG: Man Arrested For Skimming Credit Cards
Yet another traffic stop that leads to the discovery of an ID theft ring: A Las Vegas man is facing federal charges after being arrested Sunday in connection with the creation and use of counterfeit credit and debit cards from information stolen from gas pumps, announced Daniel Bogden, U.S. Attorney General for Nevada. Zalalem Berhe,…
CA: Authorities investigate elaborate counterfeit, ID theft ring
Richard Halstead reports: Authorities are investigating an elaborate counterfeiting operation involving stolen mail from throughout Marin County, credit card numbers of more than 200 people, counterfeit cash, fake checks, printers and laptop computers. The operation came to light Aug. 27, when Novato police Officer Blake Dunbar checked up on a parolee whose name he recognized…
Julie’s Place hack: an all-too-familiar story by now
This breach was first reported earlier this month, but I seem to have missed it: About 100 people found out over the last couple weeks that someone else had accessed their bank account, taking their money and leaving them stunned. […] After being flooded with reports of fraud, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office began to…
NE: Lincoln police investigating credit card number theft
Cory Matteson reports that customers at three banks have been victims of fraud, but it is not clear whether the fraud is linked to recent arrests of two individual or is unconnected: Officer Katie Flood said the purchases — often ordered from far-flung places such as Hong Kong — were made with debit and credit…