February 1, 2022 — RICHMOND, Va. – A Durham, North Carolina, clinical psychologist was sentenced today to 52 months in prison for defrauding Virginia Medicaid of at least $544,067.69 by creating false diagnoses and medical records for Medicaid recipients, mostly minors, and falsely representing to Medicaid that he was providing them mental health services. According…
Category: ID Theft
US DoD staffer with top-secret clearance stole identities from work systems to apply for loans
Chris Williams reports: A US Department of Defense staffer with top-secret clearance stole the identities of dozens of people from a work SharePoint system to apply for loans totaling nearly a quarter of a million dollars. Kevin Lee, 41, of Chula Vista, southern California, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to wire fraud. Lee, who worked for Uncle Sam’s…
Canadian man linked to thedarkoverlord sentenced to federal prison for trafficking stolen identities on the dark web
ATLANTA – Slava Dmitriev has been sentenced for access device fraud in connection with his possession and sale of over seventeen hundred stolen identities on the dark web. Dmitriev, a Canadian citizen, was arrested while on vacation in Greece in September 2020 and extradited to the United States in January 2021. “This defendant profited off…
Chester County Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking into Area College Computer Networks
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Timothy Spillane, 39, of Chester Springs, PA, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Joel Slomsky to accessing a protected computer network without authorization, arising from his intrusions into the digital networks of two suburban Philadelphia-area colleges. According to court documents, between November 2017…
New York Resident Sentenced To 24 Months’ Imprisonment For Aggravated Identity Theft
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Josue Peguero, age 22, Bronx, New York was sentenced on January 12, 2022, to 24 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay $19,138.01 in restitution by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo after pleading guilty to a charge of aggravated…
International credit card fraud gang busted in Hyderabad, Rs 1.11 crore seized
Roja Mayabrahma reports: The Cyberabad police on Thursday busted a fake call centre racket and arrested a seven-member gang. A total of Rs 1.11 crore cash, four laptops, 23 mobile phones, debit cards, cheque books and other articles from them. The arrested persons were identified as Naveen Bhutani (41), Mohit (32), Nagaraju Bondada (36), D…