Brian Burnes reports the sentencing of the owner of Edge Auto Sales, who misused his customers’ information. A former Kansas City-area used car dealer behind one of the largest identify theft cases ever prosecuted in a Missouri court was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. Terry Lee Morrow Jr. used his customers’ names, birth…
Category: ID Theft
Four months later, Archdiocese of Portland breach still unclear
Remember the tax refund fraud that affected a number of people employed by or volunteers with the Archdiocese of Portland? The breach was disclosed in March, but as of July 28, the Archdiocese still doesn’t know how the breach occurred and whether it involved their system or an external system. From a letter signed by…
Two More Defendants Plead Guilty In Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Personal Identifying Information From AT&T Customer Files
Jacqueline Nicole Lee Warrick, 26, of Miami, and Tracy Delva, 27, of Deerfield Beach, pled guilty today for their participation in a conspiracy to unjustly enrich themselves by stealing personal identifying information and using the information to make unauthorized wire transfers from the victims’ bank accounts and obtain unauthorized credit or debit cards. Co-defendant Chouman Emily Syrilien,…
Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty In Identity Theft Tax Refund Scheme Involving Miami-Dade County Public School Students’ Identity Info
Donald Claude, 34, of Miramar, pled guilty yesterday to one count of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, and one count of aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028A(a)(1). Sentencing is scheduled for October 24, 2014. At sentencing, Claude faces up to 20 years…
Woman sentenced in federal identity theft case stole more than 700 identities
Tia Lashonda Miller, whose arrest was noted here in February of this year, has been sentenced to 70 months imprisonment, to be followed by 2 years of supervised release. Miller previously pled guilty to one count of unlawful possession of more than fifteen access devices, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(3),…
Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Identity Theft Scheme Using Prisoner Names and Corrupt U.S. Postal Service Employee
Gregory Slaton pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to file false claims for his involvement in a Stolen Identity Tax Refund (SIRF) scheme, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced. According to the…