Michael Benning reports: The United States Post Office is responding to a story aired on WLTX where two women say they were delivered employees’ personal information. Friday, Anne Clarkson and Sam Ruskin told us they had received a receipt in the mail last week for an outgoing package. On the back of the receipt was…
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Hacked investment firm says hack intended as a launch pad
Attorneys for Resnick Investment Advisors in South Carolina have notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that in June 2010, the investment firm’s network was breached. The breach was discovered on June 22, and the means of attack identified and reported to the FBI. An investigation into the incident reportedly indicated that the breach did…
Mississippi Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with a Police Officer to Commit Identity Theft and Fraud
Patricia A. Wilson, 34, of Woodville, Miss., pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Jackson, Miss., to conspiring with her cousin, a Natchez Police Department police officer, to commit identity theft, credit card fraud and bank fraud, the Justice Department announced last week. During her plea, Wilson acknowledged that on May 23, 2009, her cousin…
Former Brio Tuscan Grille employee sentenced
A former Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court last week for stealing identity information from customers at the Plaza restaurant where he worked, then using that information to make online purchases. John David Woody, 35, of Los Angeles, Calif., formerly of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Fernando J….
Schools risk theft of SS numbers of children
Matthew Cella reports: Schools are putting children at risk of identity fraud by obtaining their Social Security numbers when it is not required by law and often unnecessary, the Social Security Administration’s Office of Inspector General has concluded. Some school systems in at least 26 states collect the nine-digit identifiers when students from kindergarten through…
PA: Credit Card Scam
Ben Russell reports: The scammer posed as both a local and federal police officer. The incidents began last Friday when a man called several restaurants along the Carlisle Pike in Hampden Township. In one instance, he said his name was Officer Miller and that he was doing a fraud investigation. For the investigation, he needed…