Jayne Hanson reports: A credit card fraud phenomenon sweeping the nation has caused concern for Lake Havasu City Police Department’s white-collar crimes experts. […] “What we are seeing is some new type of activity,” said Lake Havasu City Police Det. Scott Cheshire. When merchants use virtual credit card systems to batch charges at the end…
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Crooks Steal $644,000 from NYC Department of Education
Michael Cheek reports: Hackers have defrauded the New York City’s Department of Education of more than $644,000 by targeting an online bank account used to manage petty cash expenditures, according to investigators. The Department of Education’s bank account with JPMorgan Chase was supposed to have a $500 limit but, due to an oversight, any amount…
Penn State warns of more cyber-breaches
An ongoing cyber-security sweep at Penn State found the Social Security numbers of another 25,000 individuals may have been exposed due to infected computers. The university said there is no evidence the data had been accessed after the computers were hit by malicious software, though individuals affected by the breach have been notified as required…
TN: Sensitive Medical Paperwork Dumped In Church Lot
Nicole Ferguson reports: Thousands of patient records, surgery information, Social Security numbers and bank information were found dumped behind a Nashville Church. The discovery was made Monday morning at the Nashville Center Point Church of the Nazarene off 54th Avenue. […] The documents came from the now defunct and bankrupt Nursing Visioned Medical Services group,…
BofA Call Center Worker Pleads Guilty to Data Theft
Robert McMillan reports: A Bank of America call center employee has pleaded guilty to charges that he stole sensitive client information and then tried to sell it for cash. Brian Matty Hagen pleaded guilty last week to one count of bank fraud. According to court filings he allegedly recorded customer account information when BofA customers…
CT man pleads guilty in large ID theft and fraud scheme
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Luis Melendez, also known as “Ramiro Morales-Cruz,” 33, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft stemming from a…