ATLANTA – Kevin Kirton has been sentenced for running an access device fraud scheme that involved stealing over $600,000 in fraudulent tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service. “Kirton created technical ‘solutions’ to conduct his own fraud schemes and help others commit fraud,” said U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine. “Every thief believes they have developed…
Category: ID Theft
CONSUMER ALERT: Consumers Impacted by T-Mobile Data Breach At Risk of Potential Identity Theft
The following alert was published by New York State Attorney General, but it applies to consumers in all states, so if you were a former, then-current, or prospective T-Mobile customer in 2021, you should read this: NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today provided guidance to consumers who may have been impacted…
Ukrainian law enforcement busts phishing group that used 40 sites to steal credit cards
Bill Toulas reports: The Ukrainian cyberpolice have arrested a group of phishing actors who managed to steal payment card data from at least 70,000 people after luring them to fake mobile service top up sites. According to the announcement from law enforcement, the actors used the stolen information to empty their victims’ bank accounts. Read more at…
Miami Street Gangs See No Hope In Dope. They’ve Switched To Identity Fraud Fueled By Russian Hackers
Thomas Brewster reports: Everybody Eats and its rival, Little Haiti Vulchas, were known as violent drug gangs. Now, as homicides continue to pile up, police say the gangsters have turned their backs on narcotics and are getting most of their revenue from a less risky crime. They’re using data stolen by Russian hackers and peddled…
Only 3% of consumers freeze credit after data breach
Here’s a statistic I haven’t seen before. Rachel DePompa reports: According to a new study by the Identity Theft Resource Center, Americans know about credit freezes but rarely use them. The research was published by the nonprofit DIG.Works. It found only 3% of surveyed consumers actually froze their credit after receiving a data breach notice….
Danville Man Sentenced to Eight-and-a-Half Years in Prison for Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Money Laundering in Two Different Jurisdictions
URBANA, Ill. – A Danville, Illinois, man, Jeffery T. Henson (also known by the alias, Matthew Burns), 44, was sentenced on February 7, 2022, to eight-and-a-half years’ imprisonment, to be followed by an aggregate three years of supervised release, for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering in both Central Illinois and the Chicago…