In the justice system: Kimberly Taylor, a former loan officer at Advantage Loans Inc. in Fayetteville, was sentenced to federal prison Monday, more than two years after her license was revoked for falsifying documents and stealing clients’ personal information to borrow money. More. Hugh Rodley and David Nash have been convicted for their parts in…
Category: Financial Sector
San Diego Man Pleads Guilty to International Debit Card Fraud Scheme
Mikhail M. Tuknov, Jr. pleaded guilty in federal court to debit card fraud and conspiracy to launder money. He faces a maximum sentence of up to 30 years in prison and up to $750,000 in fines. In connection with his guilty plea, Mr. Tuknov admitted that he obtained debit card numbers and associated personal identification…
Pointer: Heartland’s Lonely Quest For Reform
Rebecca Sausner has an article in Bank Technology News, in which Avivah Litan of Gartner is quoted as saying, “Visa’s next.” But the more interesting question, of course, is what’s next? …. Visa is sticking to its guns with the PCI standards. “…While no guarantee, maintaining compliance with the PCI DSS remains the best protection…
National City Bank apologizes for misdelivered dividend tax statments
Law firm Prokauer Rose has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that its client, Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, became aware of a “potential security breach” on or about February 2nd. According to the report (pdf), National City Bank, one of DDR’s dividend disbursing agents, mailed some 1099-DIV tax forms on January 29th. In some…
When everything old is new again?
In what comes as no real surprise to me based on what I had been thinking, Jaikumar of Computerworld reports: Days after Visa Inc. seemingly confirmed that a data breach had taken place at a third payment processor, following on the recent breach disclosures by Heartland Payment Systems Inc. and RBS WorldPay Inc., the credit…
No, the unnamed processor breach is not another Heartland breach
Despite what some people might have suggested, Heartland Payment Systems has flatly denied that it is in any way responsible for the newest reports of another payment processor breach. In response to a blog entry on The Consumerist, Nancy Gross, Heartland’s Executive Director of Marketing, replied: We, too, have heard of a new breach. But,…