Mike Hughlett provides an update: Dairy Queen has become the latest victim of computer hackers bent on pilfering customers’ credit and debit card information. The Edina-based ice cream and fast-food chain confirmed Wednesday that “customer data at a limited number of stores may be at risk.” The company didn’t disclose how many customers or how…
Category: ID Theft
UK: Personal details of 47,000 Brent residents for sale on the dark web
Emma Youle reports: The personal information of more than 47,000 people living in Brent has been put up for sale on the dark web, according to new data revealing the startling scale of online identity fraud. […] C6 Intelligence, which works with leading financial and retail companies, has penetrated more than 50 criminal websites and…
Former University of South Dakota Football Player Admits To ID Theft
Ben Dunsmoor reports: A former University of South Dakota football player involved in a tax fraud scheme has pleaded guilty. Christopher Lundy, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft in federal court Monday morning. Lundy is one of nearly a dozen people tied to a tax fraud ring that involved several USD…
MS: Former Dept of Public Safety Employee Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft Charges
Hattiesburg, Miss – Former Mississippi Department of Public Safety employee Yolanda Jean Perkins, 48, of Laurel, Lorena Gomez, 33, of Laurel, and Jose Martel Rivera, 32, an illegal alien from Mexico, all pled guilty in federal court on August 18, 2014, to conspiracy to commit identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Raymond…
NH: Former Manchester Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Federal Offense
I missed this one when it first appeared on July 29th, but it is an insider breach of note: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Joseph Cespedes, 37, formerly a police officer in Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to misprision of a felony, announced United States…
FL: Seven Defendants Charged In Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Amos Rojas, Jr., U.S. Marshal, U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), announce the indictment of seven individuals for their roles in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme. The indictment charges…