Aug. 12 – Two Kentucky men were sentenced to between five and more than six years in prison today after pleading guilty in April and May to conspiring to defraud the United States, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division,…
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Russian MP’s son faces trial in US over $170 million hacking scheme
If you’ve been meaning to catch up with the case against Roman Seleznev, a Times of Malta report by Martha Bellisle should help. Seleznev’s trial begins next week, and prosecutors plan to lay out evidence that they say will prove Roman Seleznev hacked into US businesses, mostly pizza restaurants in Washington state, and stole credit card…
Owner of Counseling Service Charged in 197-Count Indictment Alleging TennCare Fraud, Identity Theft
Memphis, TN – August 12 – A Florida woman has been charged in a 197-count indictment for allegedly defrauding TennCare and illegally using the identities of multiple individuals. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the indictment today. According to the indictment, Daphne M. Chaisson, 45, of Orlando, Florida,…
2 officials sacked for not reporting loss of birth records that could have exposed 1,500 Texans to ID theft
Robert T. Garrett reports: The state registrar of vital statistics and her top deputy have been fired for not disclosing several years ago that their office lost a book containing records of 500 Texas births in early 1993. The missing book — one of about 800 volumes of birth records that state workers assemble each year…
New Orleans Business Owner Sentenced to 80 Months in Prison for Role in $3.3 Million Fraud Scheme
The owner of a New Orleans company that defrauded Medicare of more than $3.3 million was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for directing the scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite of the Eastern District of Louisiana, Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey…
Four years later, case still open in SC Dept. of Revenue data breach
Tim Smith reports: Four years after South Carolina’s tax agency suffered the worst data breach in state history, 5 million attempts are made each week to gain unauthorized access to state government computers, which hold vast amounts of personal data belonging to taxpayers, employees and members of the public. […] Four years later, the…