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FL: Hollywood Man Pleads Guilty In Million Dollar Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Dissent

Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Judes Celestin, 36, of Hollywood, pled guilty for his role in an identity theft tax refund scheme that resulted in the receipt of approximately $1 million in…

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Florida firm denies link to UPMC data breach

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Dissent

Associated Press reports: A University of Pittsburgh Medical Center employee has sued the hospital network for credit restoration services and identity theft insurance in the wake of a data breach that has seen hackers use the personal information of hundreds of employees to file bogus federal income tax returns. Alice Patrick, who works at UPMC…

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Class action lawsuit filed against UPMC over data breach

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Dissent

Update: Ultimate Software Group has denied any responsibility for the UPMC breach and say they don’t think UPMC is even a client. Read more here.  Original article: Bob Mayo reports: A class action lawsuit filed in federal court targets both the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and a payroll software company it uses called…

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Target breach: 50,000 card numbers from Minn. for sale this week

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Dissent

Maury Glover reports: It’s been months since hackers stole the credit and debit card information of millions of Target customers, but the effects are far from over. In fact, thousands of Minnesota credit card numbers are currently for sale. […] In the wake of the breach, Target told customers not to cancel their credit cards…

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Dozens of New Jersey City University employees victims of tax refund fraud

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Dissent

Mike D’Onofrio reports: Dozens of employees at New Jersey City University had their identities stolen and federal tax returns filed in their names after a security breach allowed access to their personal information., school and employee union officials confirmed. Union leaders at the Jersey City university say as many as 39 union members have been…

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Prêt a Manger worker gets up to four years in prison for stealing more than 100 customers

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Dissent

A follow-up to an insider skimming breach noted here in August 2013. Shayna Jacobs reports: A former Chelsea Prêt a Manger employee who was behind the identity theft of over 100 of the eatery’s customers was sentenced to up to four years in prison Wednesday. Nigel McCollum, 23, previously pleaded guilty to identity theft, forgery,…

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