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Suspect in school employee tax fraud scheme indicted

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Dissent

Mitch Sneed reports: Last year more than 100 employees of the Alexander City School System were victimized when their personal information was obtained and used to file fraudulent tax returns. Friday, those employees learned that the person authorities believe is responsible is facing justice. According to a release from the Department of Justice, a federal…

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Missouri Man Indicted for Stealing Public School Employees’ IDs and Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns in Their Names (Updated)

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Dissent

A federal grand jury sitting in St. Louis, Missouri, indicted a St. Louis resident on mail fraud and aggravated identity theft charges relating to a scheme to steal public school employees’ IDs and use them to file federal tax returns. According to the indictment returned on Feb. 1 and unsealed yesterday, Kevin K. Williams stole…

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Device on computers used to steal ID of University of Iowa students, staff

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Dissent

KCRG reports: The University of Iowa is investigating devices left on campus computers that it believes compromised the personal information for 250 students and staff. Officials with the University of Iowa tell KCRG-TV9 News the breach may be linked to attempts at cheating. “The University of Iowa is investigating a handful of potential cases of…

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Man Pleads Guilty in Bradley University Data Breach

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Dissent

Eugene Daniel reports: Tuesday, Gbadebo Adebiyi, 41, admitted in federal court to participating in a scheme dating back to 2015. Then, Bradley University reported a data breach of employees’ personal information which was used to file false 2014 tax returns. Adebiyi confessed to working with others to collect money from the tax returns. Read more on Central Illinois…

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Ransomware makes California nursing school feel ill

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Dissent

Ryan Francis reports: About three months ago, an instructor at Gurnick Academy, a California-based nursing school, had his biggest fear come alive. When he tried to access his lectures, the files were encrypted. The teacher was literally locked out of his classroom. If it wasn’t for a quick acting IT department, the entire school might…

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Odessa one of eight school districts targeted in e-mail phishing scam

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Dissent

Ah, I knew we’d start seeing a lot more of these phishing for W-2 scams. Earlier today, it was a district in Tennessee. Now I learn that eight districts in Missouri that were hit, although it’s not yet clear whether it was the same phishing email/criminals or not. This scammer had files sent to a…

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