There’s an update to an ID theft case involving rogue bank employees at a number of banks in New York. The case was previously reported on this site. Matt Spillane now reports: Tyrone “Reece” Lee and Anthony “Sug” Davis impersonated Westchester residents in their last gig, but their names won’t be mistaken at their next stop….
Category: Financial Sector
ZW: Raid on newsroom justified: Nyambirai
Nehanda Radio reports: The legal counsel for Econet Wireless’ banking subsidiary Steward Bank, Tawanda Nyambirai, says Thursday’s raid on online news agency, The Source, was justified. Nyambirai, together with Steward Bank’s acting chief executive officer, Lance Mambondiani, addressed a chaotic Press conference on the complex matter in Harare yesterday — that pits the right of…
Kreditech Investigates Insider Breach
Brian Krebs reports: Kreditech, a consumer finance startup that specializes in lending to “unbanked” consumers with little or no credit rating, is investigating a data breach that came to light after malicious hackers posted thousands of applicants’ personal and financial records online. Earlier this month, a source pointed KrebsOnSecurity to a Web site reachable only via Tor, a…
IE: Garda tells court Credit Union official showed his father his confidential financial statements
Tim Healy reports: A credit union allegedly showed a member’s father his confidential financial statements indicating the son’s loans were in trouble, the High Court heard. Garda Kevin Martin, a member of St Raphael’s Garda Credit Union, claims his data protection rights were breached when a representative of the credit union turned up at his father’s…
International students reporting credit card fraud
On March 5, Holly Campbell reported: Dozens of Purdue University students from China reported cases of credit card fraud, but investigators said the problem seems to have started overseas. For the past month, dozens of Purdue students from China have reported cases of credit card and bank card fraud. “I know that the total loss…
TX: ID Theft Conspiracy Leader Sentenced To 16 Years In Federal Prison And Ordered To Pay $88,131 In Restitution
There’s a follow-up to a case first reported on this site in November 2011. A Cedar Hill, Texas man, who was convicted at trial on various federal felony offenses stemming from an identity (ID) theft conspiracy he ran in the metroplex from October 2009 to July 2013, was sentenced today, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John…