Felix Cortez reports: Just months after Watsonville Community Hospital was hit by a cyber-attack, roughly 20 employees at the hospital now say they’re the victims of identity theft. “We heard from a few of our employees that they reported there were fraudulent tax filings in their name, so someone else had tried to file a…
Category: ID Theft
Orlando Man Pleads Guilty To Conducting Series Of Cyber Intrusions Against Former Employer
Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Michael Scheuer (39, Orlando) today pleaded guilty to one count of knowingly transmitting a program, code, or command to a protected computer and intentionally causing damage without authorization and one count of aggravated identity theft. Scheuer faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison…
Jamestown Pharmacist Arrested and Charged with Health Care Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft in a Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme
December 23, Nashville – A federal indictment returned last week and unsealed on Friday charges Jamestown pharmacist Philip Hall, 48, with 9 counts of Health Care Fraud and 6 counts of Aggravated Identity Theft, announced Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Thomas J. Jaworski. According to the indictment, Hall was a licensed…
Justice Department Seizes Cybercrime Website and Charges Its Administrators
Three Administrators Charged and Cryptocurrency Seized The Justice Department today announced the seizure of PopeyeTools, an illicit website and marketplace dedicated to selling stolen credit cards and other tools for carrying out cybercrime and fraud, and unsealed criminal charges against three PopeyeTools administrators: Abdul Ghaffar, 25, of Pakistan; Abdul Sami, 35, of Pakistan; and Javed…
Three Indiana residents charged in nationwide sim-swapping conspiracy
Three Indiana residents have been charged with conspiracy in connection with a SIM-swapping operation. According to the sealed indictment filed on Nov. 7, 2024, Indigo Kiara Graham, 27, Cortez Tarmar Crawford, 22, and Trevon Demar Allen, 30, all residents of Elkhart, Indiana , allegedly conspired with each other and others to unjustly enrich themselves by…
Tens of thousands of taxpayer accounts hacked as CRA repeatedly paid out millions in bogus refunds
Harvey Cashore, Daniel Leblanc report: At the height of this year’s tax season, the Canada Revenue Agency discovered that hackers had obtained confidential data used by one of the country’s largest tax preparation firms, H&R Block Canada. Imposters used the company’s confidential credentials to get unauthorized access into hundreds of Canadians’ personal CRA accounts, change…