A Romanian national has been sentenced in federal court to 23 months in prison to be followed by three years supervised release on his conviction of conspiring to commit bank fraud and access device fraud by “skimming” customer account information from PNC Bank Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) in Western Pennsylvania and elsewhere, United States Attorney…
Category: Financial Sector
Huntington National Bank sues ex-workers for allegedly stealing sensitive customer data
Brandy Brubaker of Associated Press reports: A lawsuit filed by Huntington National Bank claims six former employees stole more than 2,000 customer records before they quit to go work for the competition. The bank filed the lawsuit in federal court against former vice president Sandra D. Kokoska, former assistant vice president Kimberly A. Barnum, and…
Woman who stole customer account info to fund son’s death row appeal sentenced to prison
Back in October, I noted a somewhat unusual case of a credit union employee who misused customers’ information to take out loans to fund her son’s death row appeal. Yesterday, 47-year-old Nazreen Mohammed was sentenced in Orlando to five years in federal prison and three years of probation for bank fraud and identity theft. She…
PA: Million dollar ID theft operation busted
David Henry reports: The Justice Department says it has busted an identity theft operation that cost a lot of people a lot of money. Investigators say 44-year-old Anthony Williams was the ring leader. A federal indictment charges him and 15 others with a massive identity theft operation that victimized hundreds of people over three years,…
Two suspects in Hyundai Capital hacking caught
Kim Tae-jong reports the latest in a breach involving Hyundai Capital reported previously on this blog: Police arrested two suspects Monday on charges of hacking Hyundai Capital’s database and blackmailing the company by threatening to release confidential customer financial information. A 40-year-old man, surnamed Huh, is thought to be the key figure who facilitated the…
Former AllianceBernstein employee indicted on charges of unauthorized access and duplication of computer files
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., has announced the indictment of Peter Jan, 35, in connection with unauthorized access and duplication of computer files owned by AllianceBernstein Holding LP, a United States-based global investment firm. Jan, a former employee of AllianceBernstein, is charged with Computer Trespass, Unlawful Duplication of Computer Related Materials, and Grand…