A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham woman to more than six years in prison for her role in a multi-state identity-theft and counterfeit-check scheme that included recruiting homeless people to cash the fraudulent checks. Daphne Collette Tate, 42, pleaded guilty in April to conspiring with five other people to defraud more than two dozen…
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Lutz Otte, German IT specialist employed by Julius Baer, sentenced to 3 years for Swiss data theft
Oliver Hirt reports on sentencing in a 2011 breach reported previously on this blog: A Swiss court on Thursday sentenced a 54-year-old computer specialist to three years in jail for selling client data from Swiss bank Julius Baer to the German tax authorities, after the man agreed a plea deal with prosecutors. […] Otte sent…
Ten Charged In D.C. Area Identity Theft Ring
Ten individuals were charged in Alexandria for their alleged involvement in a large-scale identity theft ring operating in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area since at least January 2012. According to the 16-count indictment and a related criminal complaint, Janero Blalock and Christopher Bush allegedly recruited women to steal personal information, such as social security numbers,…
IE: TK Maxx man ‘sold credit card details’ to gang
Skimming customers’ credit cards may be easy, but memorizing the numbers? That’s somewhat impressive. A major probe has been launched after a TK Maxx shop worker allegedly stole credit card details and passed them to a gang. The Irish Mirror has learned the shop assistant has been interviewed by gardai about the alleged theft of…
Alabama state employee sentenced for role in tax refund fraud scheme
Chequlia Motley of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced Tuesday to serve 36 months in prison for conspiracy and aggravated identity theft, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George L. Beck Jr. Motley pleaded guilty to those charges in May 2013. According…
NYC: Two Pret A Manger workers in Chelsea stole 100 customers’ information using credit card skimmers: officials
Shayna Jacobs reports: Two ex-employees at Pret A Manger allegedly took a big bite out of customer’s wallets. Nigel McCollum, 22, and his gal pal Lenica Greene, 23, were hit with a massive indictment for stealing the identities of at least 100 customers through credit card skimmers, Manhattan prosecutors said Wednesday. Read more on NY…