CBS/AP report: An arrest on Long Island has halted a scheme that plundered the identities of hundreds of people, including the dead and disabled, in 31 states, authorities said Friday. The scheme, with evidence dating back to 2013, netted more than $200,000 in ill-gotten gains, officials said. Seerojnie Ram, 47, of Freeport, was arraigned Thursday on grand…
Category: ID Theft
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center patients victimized by rogue employee of Medical Management LLC
UPMC is only one of “numerous” clients of NC-based Medical Management LLC that have reportedly been notified of data theft by a rogue employee. We’ll have to wait to learn who the other entities are. The following is a press release issued today by UPMC: Because of a data theft at an outside medical billing company,…
A.G. Schneiderman Announces Prison Term For White Plains Bank Teller Who Stole Customer Data In Identity Theft Ring
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced sentencing of Nadia Figueroa, 24, of the Bronx, to two to six years in state prison. Figueroa pleaded guilty earlier this year to stealing customer data while employed as a bank teller at a JP Morgan Chase in White Plains, as part of a brazen identity-theft ring. The…
OH: Students report credit card info stolen from cafe
Brian Buckey reports: Lourdes University nursing students who recently fell victim to fraud involving their credit or debit cards figured out what may be the best clue for police: They each had made purchases near the end of April at the university cafe. Justin Mannebach, 30, was one of the student victims of the fraud…
Five Charged in Nationwide Identity Theft Scheme
Conspirators obtain identity information of 125,000 taxpayers and submit alleged false federal income tax returns seeking $6.6 million in refunds from IRS MEDFORD, Ore. – Federal law enforcement agents arrested four individuals in conjunction with a series of search and arrest warrants executed in Maryland and Georgia based on an Oregon federal grand jury indictment…
Warner, Johnson, Ayotte introduce Senate bill to require IRS to notify victims of identity theft
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) introduced a bill Wednesday to require the Internal Revenue Service to notify potential victims of identity theft, something the agency has not always done in the past. The Social Security Identity Defense Act of 2015 would require the IRS to notify an individual…