Craig Palmer reports: The Michigan Dental Association told members in a special alert April 11 that “the MDA has received several calls from member dentists who say that when they submitted their federal taxes this year they learned that their taxes had already been filed, most likely by an identity thief.” According to Karen Burgess,…
Category: ID Theft
TN: Higher ed systems seek ID theft source
Nathan Baker reports: Tennessee’s two public higher education systems are trying to trace the source of a possible federal income tax scam resulting from the stolen identities of some of their employees. An email sent to faculty and staff in the Tennessee Board of Regents system said the college governing body was alerted to the…
Final Two Defendants Sentenced In Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Thousands Of Patients’ Personal Identity Information
Another update to a breach, previously covered on this blog, that involved information on patients of Apex Laboratory in Florida: Michael Ali Bryant, Sr., 41, and his wife, Latina Rashawn Bryant, 43, both of Lauderdale Lakes, were sentenced for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund scheme. Michael Bryant was sentenced to 144 months in prison,…
Is delaying notification for law enforcement purposes ever unreasonable?
Over on Security Bistro, Linda Musthaler discusses the recently disclosed Spec’s breach and the fact that Spec’s knew about the breach but was asked not to disclose it by law enforcement. We’ve seen this many times – delays in notification so as not to interfere with a law enforcement investigation. But should there be some…
FL: Call center employee and 7 others charged in ID theft fraud scheme involving AT&T customer info
A 22-count indictment charging eight defendants with participating in a conspiracy to unjustly enrich themselves by stealing personal identifying information of AT&T customers and using the information to make unauthorized wire transfers from the victims’ bank accounts and obtain unauthorized credit or debit cards has been unsealed in the Southern District of Florida. The indictment…
Man convicted of conspiring to steal and misuse Chase customers’ info gets aggravated identity theft conviction overturned
Tim Hull reports: A man who admitted to a $300,000 fraud on Chase Bank is not guilty of aggravated identity theft, the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday. Doren Ward conceded that in 2011 he worked with co-consipirators in the United Kingdom to steal the personal information of various Chase Bank customers and impersonate them to obtain…