Phil W. Hudson reports: Sean Lydell Street, 39, a former Richmond County, Ga., Deputy Sheriff, was sentenced Aug. 12 to two years in prison for stealing personal identification information to be used as part of a fraudulent tax refund scheme. Street worked for the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office from 2007 through 2012 and during the…
Category: ID Theft
14 Individuals Charged with Trafficking Identities of Puerto Rican U.S. Citizens
Fourteen individuals were charged in three indictments in Puerto Rico with conspiracy to commit identification fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft and passport fraud in connection with their alleged roles in a scheme to traffic the identities and corresponding identity documents of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice…
Seattle, Portland Archdiocese Login Credentials Found In CyberVor Hacker Database
Jeanne Price reports: Close to 6,000 identity theft victims have been documented but Catholic church officials in Seattle and Portland say they’re still stumped about how their data breaches occurred. Now a potential clue has surfaced – a disturbing link to a newly discovered Russian hacker group called CyberVor. These victims in the Pacific Northwest…
Florida Man Admits Leading Stolen Credit Card Trafficking Ring Involving More Than 114,000 Accounts And Losses Of $23 Million
A Florida man pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to possess and traffic stolen credit card data held by New Jersey residents, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Miguel Gonzalez, 40, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court to an information charging him with…
Feds: Ex-student stole students’ identities at Virginia Wesleyan College
Tim McGlone reports: A former student employee at Virginia Wesleyan College faces federal charges of accessing a school database of more than 380,000 students and alumni, stealing identities and opening credit card accounts. Katecha R. “Tisha” Thomas, 28, is accused of stealing $11,000 from the credit card accounts, and she tried to get as much…
Norfolk Man And Portsmouth Woman Sentenced In Bank Fraud And Identity Theft Scheme
NORFOLK, Va. – Cameron Allen, 27, of Norfolk, Va., was sentenced to 46 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Dymond Chappelle, 19, of Portsmouth, Va., was also sentenced to 20 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud….