Tom Burroughes reports: The UK government is to acquire the Swiss bank account details of up to 6,600 wealthy UK citizens suspected of evading tax after information was stolen from HSBC’s private bank in Switzerland by a software engineer, the Sunday Times (of London) reported. The report comes shortly after it was reported that the…
Category: Financial Sector
Tax mix-up riles woman
Michelle Ruby reports from Canada: Darlene Clifford is concerned about her financial privacy after she received someone else’s RRSP tax receipt. The Brantford woman received her tax receipt, issued by Scotia Trust, in the mail last week. The top section of the three-part form contained her correct personal information. The middle and lower parts of…
Victim Asks Capital One, ‘Who’s in Your Wallet?’
Brian Krebs writes: In December, I wrote about how a Louisiana electronics testing firm was suing its bank, Capital One, to recover the losses after cyber thieves broke in and stole nearly $100,000. It looks like another small firm in that state that was similarly victimized by organized crooks also is suing Capital One to…
TD Bank worker charged with fraud
Jim Walsh reports: A former switchboard operator for TD Bank in Mount Laurel provided customer information to accomplices who withdrew more than $200,000 from victims’ accounts, federal authorities say. Talayah Little, 26, of Hainesport, conspired with a co-worker to obtain computerized customer data, such as account and driver’s license numbers, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office…
Stolen US Bank laptop contained customer data
Sun News Staff reports: On March 1, a financial advisor at US Bank, 5154 Wilson Mills, reported a laptop missing from his desk. The bank assistant manager noticed the laptop missing, but did not report it because she knew the financial advisor sometimes took the laptop home. The advisor told police the laptop contained sensitive…
Former Houston bank teller pleads guilty to selling customer data
A Houston area bank teller has pleaded guilty to bank fraud arising from a scheme to steal thousands of dollars from his former employer’s customer accounts, U.S. Attorney José Angel Moreno announced Tuesday. Christopher Martin, 25, of Houston, appeared before United States District Judge Nancy Atlas and pleaded guilty to bank fraud admitting that while…