Rashad Lamond Anderson, 23, of Tampa, Annecia Bellandra Larkins, 23, and Tavin Gernard Larkins, 23, both of Havana, and Almecia Endelease Pillers, 21, of Quincy, were sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Mark Walker after pleading guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft charges. The…
Category: ID Theft
CO: New skimmer device discovered at RTD station; several victims say money missing from accounts
Marshall Zelinger reports: RTD [Regional Transportation District] customer credit card information has been stolen with the use of a skimmer that the transit company didn’t know about until recently. Read more on TheDenverChannel.
Two More Defendants Sentenced In Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Personal Identifying Information From AT&T Customer Files
Monique Smith, 31, of Pompano Beach, and Arrington Basil Segu, 28, of Miami, were sentenced Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke. Smith was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $55,263.45 in restitution. Segu was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three…
Large-scale security breach at banks in USVI and BVI
The Virgin Islands Consortium reports: FirstBank VI is in the middle of a massive security breach crisis, with many of its Visa Debit card customers blocked from using their cards and some customers claiming to have had “thousands of dollars” stolen from their personal accounts. Banco Popular and Scotia Bank on St. Croix are also reporting security breaches…
TX: Woman wanted in $800K ID theft scheme
Nicole Perez reports: A woman accused of stealing the identities of more than 800 people, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fraudulent tax returns, is on the run. Thalia Diaz Camareno, who also goes by the name of Irene Carrero Echevarria, faces a 10-count indictment on charges including conspiracy to commit mail…
Florida student aid accounts used in ID theft affecting 644 victims
AP reports: Accounts used by South Florida college students to receive financial aid were used in a scheme to file fraudulent income tax returns using stolen identities. Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said Tuesday that 21 people have been charged, most of them current or former students at Miami Dade College. The students were using…