A total of seven metroplex residents have been charged in a 13-count superseding indictment, with various offenses related to an identity theft scheme they ran from October 2009 to July 2013, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. In addition to each being charged with one count of conspiracy to…
Category: ID Theft
Weather Shield employees continue to experience difficulties with IRS after data theft 3 years ago
Since April 2011, this blog has covered the continuing – and concerning – saga of Weather Shield employees who became victims of ID theft and who continue to have problems filing their tax returns, year after year. And now it’s happening again. I thought the IRS was supposedly getting its act together on helping victims of…
IL: Arby’s employee accused of stealing credit card info
Rachel Cromidas reports: A Niles Arby’s employee was arrested Saturday after he was accused of stealing credit card information from the sandwich chain’s customers. Angle Cruz, 24, of the 800 block of North Mozart Avenue, was arrested late Saturday night in the South Loop on charges of using stolen credit card account information to spend…
Oakland University employees among those affected by identity theft
Now what’s going on with this?? WXYZ reports: The Oakland University Police Department issued a statement on Monday, saying that a number of university employees were among those affected by identity theft involving fraudulent tax return filings. The Internal Revenue Service is currently investigating. The campus police note that, at this time, there is no…
Update2: Home Depot notifying over 1,200 in California as investigation into insider breach continues
An insider breach at Home Depot that I reported last week had reportedly affected 300 employees. But in a letter sent today to the California Attorney General’s Office, lawyers for Home Depot explain that that they are now sending notifications to 1,246 employees and job applicants in California as well as 11 employees in California…
Traffic stop uncovers stolen personal information of hundreds of people
Call it a “hunch,” but I wouldn’t be surprised if this breach might belong on PHIprivacy.net. Associated Press reports: Authorities have recovered hundreds of pages of stolen personal information after pulling over a vehicle going 111 mph in a 65 mph zone near Farson in southwestern Wyoming. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says a trooper pulled the…