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…
Category: ID Theft
MI: Around 85K affected in FireKeepers Casino data breach
WoodTV has an update/follow-up on a FireKeepers Casino breach first disclosed in May. Information from thousands of credit and debit cards may have been stolen during a data security breach at FireKeepers Casino in Battle Creek. Officials with FireKeepers Casino confirmed Friday that approximately 85,000 credit and debit cards used between September 7, 2014, and…
Rhode Island Governor signs new comprehensive Identity Theft Protection Act
Linn Freedman writes: On June 26, 2015, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed Senate Bill S0134, the Rhode Island Identity Theft Protection Act of 2015, which substantially revises the old law, including breach notification. Specifically, the new law requires municipal agencies, state agencies and any “person” that “stores, collects, processes, maintains, acquires, uses, owns or…
FL: Stolen ID scheme sends Tampa couple to federal prison
Another installment of an ID theft scheme previously covered on this site and phiprivacy.net. TBO reports: A Tampa woman has been sentenced to 11½ years in federal prison for her role in a stolen identity scheme that used medical records from area hospitals and other sources. Eneshia Carlyle pleaded guilty Nov. 26 to wire fraud…
Banks: Card Breach at Trump Hotel Properties
Brian Krebs reports: The Trump Hotel Collection, a string of luxury hotel properties tied to business magnate and now Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, appears to be the latest victim of a credit card breach, according to data shared by several U.S.-based banks. Contacted regarding reports from sources at several banks who traced a pattern of fraudulent debit and credit…
Miami Resident Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Thousands of Deceased and Other Individuals’ Personal Identifying Information
A Miami resident pled guilty for participating in an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving thousands of deceased and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII). Yovaris Pardo, 40, of Miami, pled guilty to one count of possessing a counterfeit access device, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(1), one count of possessing…