In the justice system: Vicky L. Munn, a former supervisor with the St. Tammany District Attorney’s Office and Todd Kelly, a local private investigator, were each sentenced to three years’ probation for conspiracy to exceed authorized access to a governmental computer. According to court records, Munn sold over 48 criminal records to Kelly between 2003…
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In the justice system: Four Romanian men were arrested in Florida after being accused of skimming a Chase Bank ATM in Cicero, NY. They have been linked to similar schemes around the country. More. In Utah, Frank Miranda and his wife Valerie Pena were sentenced for conspiracy to commit access device fraud. Some of the…
PA: Ex-employee of Colonial Penn charged in ID-theft scam
Michael Hinkelman of the Philadelphia Daily News reports that Lisa Bryant Nelson, a former Colonial Penn Life Insurance Co. employee, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of using company computers to steal personal and bank-account information of customers who also had accounts with Citizens Bank, M&T Bank and Wachovia Bank. Over 120…
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In the justice system: Boynton Beach police announced the dismantling of an organized identity theft ring defrauding unsuspecting victims throughout South Florida. “Operation Decoder Ring” led to charges against 10 people, including Rolando Manuel Figueredo-Triana, on more than 70 counts of organized scheme to defraud, grand theft, criminal use of personal identification, forgery, unauthorized sale…
Airman indicted for bank fraud stole fellow airmen’s info
An airman assigned to the 19th Medical Support Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base was indicted last week for bank fraud in a scheme that involved him stealing the identities of at least seven other people. A copy of the indictment (pdf), provided to this site by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of…
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In the justice system: Yomi Jagunna, one of 8 people arrested last year as part of a New Jersey ring, pleaded guilty for his part in setting up a phony collection agency to obtain access to commercial databases where they obtained Social Security numbers and info. Jagunna pleaded guilty to selling 39 SSN, but prosecutors…