Matt Elofson reports: A jury convicted a Dothan woman Wednesday afternoon of seven felony charges in connection to a conspiracy to defraud the government through identity theft and the filing of false tax returns. […] According to evidence from the trial, Macena provided stolen identities to Ivory Bolen, also of Dothan, who used the identities…
Category: ID Theft
NYPD finds mother lode of ID theft evidence — along with a gun and drugs — in man’s New Springville apartment, cops say
John Annese reports: A scam investigation at the borough’s Target stores led police to find a gun, ammo and a sophisticated set of credit card-forging equipment inside a suspect’s New Springville apartment, authorities allege. Police found the items inside the home of Sung Lee, 32, on the 400 block of Klondike Avenue, according to court…
Oakland schools warn of security breach impacting workers
KTVU reports: Officials at Oakland schools are warning of a security breach involving social security numbers. The superintendent emailed parents and staff Friday that five employees had their identities compromised. The employees were painters, carpenters and others who work for the buildings and grounds. Read more on KTVU.
Houstonian Hotel suffers security breach, credit card information may have been exposed
Olivia Pusinelli reports: The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa told guests this week it suffered a six-month “malicious software attack” that could have exposed credit card information, according to reports. The Houston Chronicle and KTRK ABC 13 report that the attack lasted from Dec. 28 to June 20 and that the U.S. Secret Service notified the hotel of…
AU: Police swoop on alleged taxi credit card fraud syndicate in Sydney
Rose Powell reports: A fraud racket with the potential to steal the credit card details of hundreds of Sydney taxi users has been dismantled following police raids. Several members of the group were arrested last week in a card-cloning den set up in a motel room in Chullora. Some 800 blank credit cards, as well as…
FL: Former corrections officer pleads guilty to wire fraud, identity theft
TBO has an update on a breach previously reported on this blog: A state corrections officer accused of using inmates’ identities to file fraudulent tax returns pleaded guilty Wednesday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Jerry St. Fleur, 26, of Zephyrhills, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s…