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TX: Ex-cons accused of running ID theft ring

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Dissent

Jessica Willey reports: With the arrest of two men, investigators say they have uncovered a major, statewide identity theft ring. Authorities say it wasn’t hard for the two suspects to find their victims. […] Police say [Geoffrey] Wentzel and Richard Conatser, both ex-cons who know each other from prison, ran a far-reaching identity theft ring….

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Four Texans charged in ID theft scheme involving fingerprint and background security clearance applicants

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Dissent

Four Waco area women have been arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit identity theft in a scheme involving stolen Fingerprint Applicant Services of Texas (FAST) applications required by licensing and certification entities such as the Texas Education Agency. A seven count federal grand jury indictment, returned on Tuesday and unsealed yesterday afternoon, charges 32-year-old Angela Cuellar,…

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(follow-up, TX): Man pleads guilty in Emily Morgan Hotel ID theft case

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Dissent

Guillermo Contreras reports: One of the main figures in San Antonio’s largest identity theft case pleaded guilty Thursday. Samuel Micha Dyer entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit ID theft fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Dyer, 28, admitted being part of a ring that stole and used 17,000 credit card receipts and registration documents from…

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Wackenhut stolen hard drive contained employee info

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Dissent

On December 9, Wackenhut Services Limited Liability Company notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a hard drive stolen in transit between the firm’s office in Iraq and the firm’s U.S. office contained personal information on past employees, including their first and last names, dates of birth and places of birth, passport numbers,  last known…

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NYC: 15,000 Social security numbers stolen from state computers by subcontractor

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dissent

Thousands of Social Security numbers have been stolen from the computers of a New York state agency. The Social Security Administration in New York City says that the Social Security numbers were stolen by a subcontractor who was working in Office of Temporary Disability Assistance making computer infrastructure upgrades. The administration says, while performing the upgrades,…

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SWIRCA laptop computer stolen

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Dissent

The Southwestern Indiana Regional Council on Aging, Inc. (SWIRCA) is in the process of notifying 757 clients of a breach of their protected personal information due to the theft of a case manager’s laptop computer from SWIRCA’s offices. The theft occurred sometime between 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 4 when the case manager last used the…

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