Edwin Mejia pled guilty yesterday to participating in a scheme to cash more than $400,000 in fraudulently obtained federal tax refund checks issued in other people’s names. He was arrested in March 2014 and pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer. According to the allegations in the Complaint and Information filed in Manhattan federal court, and statements…
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UK: I’ve no regrets, says policeman sacked over ‘Plebgate’ leak
The London Evening Standard reports: A former policeman who was sacked after leaking information to the media about the “Plebgate” row involving Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell has said he would do it all again and has no regrets. James Glanville was sacked from the Metropolitan Police after he leaked information to the Sun newspaper about…
Judicial agents in Costa Rica probed for snooping on personal data of Real Madrid’s Navas
This was originally published almost one month ago, but I just saw it. AP reports: Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department says 24 of its own agents are being investigated after a database was wrongly used to access personal information about Real Madrid and Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas. Francisco Segura, head of the department, said…
Two More Defendants Sentenced In Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Personal Identifying Information From AT&T Customer Files
Monique Smith, 31, of Pompano Beach, and Arrington Basil Segu, 28, of Miami, were sentenced Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke. Smith was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $55,263.45 in restitution. Segu was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three…
Goldman fires staff over leak of confidential NY Fed information
Tanya Agrawal reports: Goldman Sachs Group Inc said it fired two employees over the leaking of confidential information from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, raising again questions about the bank’s alleged cozy relationship with its regulator. The bank said a junior employee was sacked for passing on to a colleague information from the…
TD Bank Claims Rival Stole Customer Files
Charles Toutant reports: TD Bank claims in a suit filed in federal court in Newark that a competing institution illegally obtained its confidential files in hopes of poaching loan customers from the bank. Kearny Federal Savings Bank of Fairfield, N.J., hired TD Bank loan officer Patrick DiSanto, then set up an email address that he…