A Bulgarian national was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his participation in the Shadowcrew forum, an online marketplace for hacking and identity theft that was the largest of its kind when dismantled by the Department of Justice and the U.S. Secret Service in 2004, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Aleksi Kolarov,…
Category: ID Theft
Pacific Grove police commander allowed wife to use police database to access identity information for ID theft
There’s an interesting – and messy – case that I covered over on PogoWasRight.org that I should also mention here because one of the charges against Kristin Nyunt involved identity theft. She was reportedly able to obtain her victims’ identity information because her then-husband, a Pacific Grove police Commander, allowed her to login to an…
Five defendants charged in Florida tax refund fraud scheme
Look at where/how they allegedly obtained taxpayer identity information in the release below. October 15, 2014 TALLAHASSEE – Five defendants have been charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with the filing of false income tax returns. The 21-count indictment, unsealed today, also charges substantive counts of wire fraud, theft of government funds, and aggravated…
CO: HuHot Mongolian Grill employee accused of skimming customers’ credit card info
Jennifer Kovaleski and Alan Gathright report: Sheridan police say they arrested an employee at HuHot Mongolian Grill who is accused of stealing customers’ credit card information. Sheridan Police Chief Mark Campbell said investigators arrested 31-year-old Michael Alexander Stephens on Wednesday afternoon. He works at the HuHot Mongolian Grill at 3698 S. Natches Ct. in the…
Tallassee identity theft investigation expands as more victims come forward
You might think this is from one of the known major breaches that have been recently disclosed, but investigators don’t seem to think it is, and 170 victims have come forward in the past three days. WSFA has the story, and notes the reports started emerging on October 8: All of the victims patronized Tallassee businesses…
South Korea at a crossroads with ID card, data theft losses
AP reports: After an avalanche of data breaches, South Korea’s national identity card system has been raided so thoroughly by thieves that the government says it might have to issue new ID numbers to every citizen over 17 at a possible cost of billions of dollars. The admission is an embarrassment for a society that…