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GA: Three Sentenced to Federal Prison for Filing Fraudulent Income Tax Returns

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Dissent

ATLANTA – Three members of a local fraud ring—Rodney Henry, Tony Lamar Watkins, and Phyllis Grant—have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to defraud the United States by filing bogus income tax returns using stolen identities. The trio stole more than $800,000, all in the form of fraudulent tax refunds. “Phony refund schemes that…

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CA: Prison Tax Fraud Ringleader Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Dissent

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Edwin Ludwig IV, 34, currently an inmate in an Oklahoma state prison, was sentenced today to seven years in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and for filing false claims for federal tax refunds, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Ludwig was ordered to pay over $219,000 in restitution….

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TX: ID theft suspect had more than 80 stolen items

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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UK online banking users hit with Dyre malware phishing attacks

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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MO: Multiple credit cards involved in health center stealing

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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Drug addicts sent from Puerto Rico may be victims of ID theft in Chicago

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Dissent

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,…

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