Jane Flasch reports: Thieves used information stolen from a Post Office to create and cash forged checks to the tune of $75,000. Investigators say thieves stole letters mailed in late November in the outdoor blue box at the Perinton Square Post Office. Officials now believe thieves struck just once, obtaining enough mail to target 20…
Category: Government Sector
(follow-up) TN: Man Who Worked For Colo. Company Gets Prison Time For ID Theft
As a follow-up to a story reported here in April: A former child support worker has been sentenced to 43 months in prison for aggravated identity theft and fraud. Steven K. Gilmore, 29, of Nashville, was sentenced Monday for selling Social Security and bank account numbers. […] Prosecutors said Gilmore sold to an informant more…
AU: Go card controversy claims two call operators
Darren Cartwright reports: Two call centre operators have been stood down following an incident that cast doubts on the security of the Queensland government’s paperless ticket system, the go card. Acting Premier Paul Lucas said an investigation was under way to determine why a commuter’s go card was stripped of funds and transferred to another…
TSA ID theft probe ongoing
Jessica Fargen reports: A former Transportation Security Administration contract worker at Logan International Airport – accused a month ago of stealing co-workers’ personal information and giving it to alleged identity thieves – remains under investigation, authorities said. The TSA and Massachusetts State Police are probing the woman’s alleged role in the successful scheme. No charges…
Confidential information abandoned in forgotten HANO building
Dennis Woltering of WWLTV in Louisiana reports: Confidential records left in file cabinets and strewn through a former HANO [Housing Authority of New Orleans] office building in Algiers have raised questions about the agency’s promise to secure private information. HANO abandoned a former office loaded with all kinds of confidential information about two years ago…
NJ: Clifton woman pleads guilty in scam run from Passaic County Jail
John Petrick reports: A Clifton woman pleaded guilty in state court Wednesday to her role in a complex scheme run from the Passaic County Jail that stole the identities of inmates to fraudulently obtain more than $450,000 from American Express and others. Rania Al-Monakel, 34, will have to serve 365 days in the county jail…