David Scott reports: … Jess Nabors, 27, was arrested July 5 at the Marriott Hotel on La Frontera Boulevard, where police say he was trying to pay for a room with a phony credit card and ID. Upon searching his person and automobile, Round Rock officers say they found 31 ID’s, 25 credit cards, 10…
Category: ID Theft
UK online banking users hit with Dyre malware phishing attacks
Jason Murdock reports: Online banking customers in the UK are being warned of a major phishing campaign using a notorious piece of malware designed to steal financial data. Customers of Barclays, Santander and Lloyds TSB are being targeted by the trojan malware known as Dyre. Nearly 20,000 malicious emails have been sent in the last…
MO: Multiple credit cards involved in health center stealing
Lake Sun reports: Multiple credit cards were apparently used by the employee arrested in the theft of more than $140,000 from the Morgan County Health Center along with the identity theft of a former employee. Melissa D. Owsley, 38, was arrested and charged last week with one count of identity theft resulting in the theft…
Drug addicts sent from Puerto Rico may be victims of ID theft in Chicago
Odette Yousef reports: After we aired a story about Puerto Rican drug addicts who were sent to unlicensed 24-hour group treatment programs in Chicago, we heard from lots of listeners. They were disturbed by one particular detail in reporter Adriana Cardona-Maguigad’s investigation: that the groups routinely confiscate addicts’ identifying documents, and sometimes don’t return them. In fact,…
ME: Windham Man Sentenced to Three Months for Fraud and Identity Theft
Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Manuel J. Arruda, 46, of Windham, Maine was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to three months in prison and two years of supervised release for mail and access device fraud and identity theft. He was also ordered to pay $11,962.85…
KY: Former Cash Express employee arrested
Christy Hoots reports: A former employee of Cash Express has been arrested after she was found to have allegedly taken out fraudulent loans in the names of former customers. Maysville Police Detective T.C. Rice said 30-year-old Emily Fletcher of Maysville, turned herself into police Thursday around 3 p.m. She was arrested and lodged in the…