A former Bank of America teller was sentenced this week in federal court for bank fraud and identity fraud. Jeffrey C. Gautreaux, 26, of Peabody, Massachusetts was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 41 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, with an order to pay $…
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New York Life Insurance data thief sentenced
Stephanie Fahlgren, 33, of Sacramento, was sentenced this week to two and a half years in federal prison for access device fraud. She had pleaded guilty on January 28, 2010 after having been arrested in July 2009. According to court documents, from June 2008 through November 2008, Fahlgren used her computer to obtain personal and…
OH: Local Man, Woman Accused Of Aggravated ID Theft
Donna Willis reports: A federal grand jury indicted Katura J. Mozelle, 23, of Columbus and Kinte K. Green, 30, of Columbus alleging that they conspired to steal credit accounts belonging to people whose identities they had stolen from a government website in 2006. The indictment alleges that Ms. Mozelle and Mr. Green accessed the Franklin…
CA: Personal Documents Found In Dumpster
About 100 people’s personal information was thrown out along with unused, unopened books and learning materials, a KCRA 3 investigation revealed. A KCRA 3 insider watched Department of Parks and Recreation employees putting the materials in a Dumpster outside a parks building. KCRA 3 found several folders with important documents. One contained names, Social Security…
GA business says it accidentally trashed customers’ personal information
Bryan Baker reports: …. after a move to a new office, commercial real estate company Atkins & Associates says it accidentally tossed out real estate records into a dumpster behind its Augusta business. Off camera a company spokesperson tells 12 On Your Side they were purging real estate records that simply got mixed in with…
Personal data accessed on Blue Cross website
Courtney Perkes reports: More than 200,000 Anthem Blue Cross customers this week received letters informing them that their personal information might have been accessed during a security breach of the company’s Web site. Only customers who had pending insurance applications in the system are being contacted because information was viewed through an on-line tool that…