August 8 – U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney today sentenced Cedric Smith to a prison term of 70 months. His sentence is the last handed down in a West Michigan federal case charging three Miami, Florida residents with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. In February 2021, a grand jury charged Cedric Smith, Daja Smith…
Category: ID Theft
Long Island Man Convicted of over $600 Million Health Care Fraud, Wire Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme
July 13, 2022 — Earlier today, a federal jury in Central Islip returned a guilty verdict on eight counts of a superseding indictment charging Mathew James with perpetrating an over $600 million health care fraud scheme, which also included wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. The verdict followed a six-week trial before United States…
Deepfakes and Stolen PII Utilized to Apply for Remote Work Positions — FBI
An FBI Public Service Announcement June 28, 2022 Alert Number I-062822-PSA The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warns of an increase in complaints reporting the use of deepfakes and stolen Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to apply for a variety of remote work and work-at-home positions. Deepfakes include a video, an image, or recording convincingly…
Taco Bell employee in South Carolina accused of credit card, identity fraud
Low-tech local crime still happens. Bob D’Angelo reports: A woman who worked at a South Carolina Taco Bell is accused of taking photos of customers’ credit cards and using the numbers to buy items for herself, authorities said. Laquawanda Hawkins was arrested Friday and charged with four counts of financial transaction card theft, four counts…
Vallejo Woman, Tamara Manuel Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Prison for Wire Fraud and Identity Theft
Waqar Nawaz reports: Tamara Manuel, 52, of Vallejo, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to three years and three months in prison for carrying out a fraudulent scheme that involved stealing the identities of severely disabled individuals to obtain federal tax refunds, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court…
Criminals using deed fraud, identity theft to steal homes
Morgan Loew, Cody Lillich, Gilbert Zermeño and Gray News staff report: Debi Gotlieb knew something was wrong when she could not find her late father’s home on the county assessor’s webpage. The property was tied up in probate and should have been listed as owned by her father, Jerry Gotlieb, who died in March of…