Adolfo Flores reports: Two men were arrested in connection with the identity theft of U.S. Army Reserve officers who were on active duty in Afghanistan, authorities said. Mauro Cortez, 25, and Rigoberto Cortez, 29, were arrested Wednesday after the Los Angeles County Identity Theft Task Force served a search warrant at a home in Pomona, according to the…
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NJ: Two Defendants Admit Roles In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
Two defendants have admitted their roles in one of the nation’s largest and longest running stolen identity refund fraud schemes ever identified, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced yesterday. The scheme caused more than 8,000 fraudulent U.S. income tax returns to be filed, which sought more than $65 million in tax refunds, and which resulted…
LA: Former Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty To Civil Rights, Bank Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft Violations
Former Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputy MARK HEBERT, 48, pled guilty on November 15 to one civil rights violation, five bank fraud violations and one aggravated identity theft violation, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels for the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite Jr. for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Special Agent in Charge Michael…
Delaware tax preparer pleads guilty to multiple fraud charges
Dawn Chamberlain, a Delaware tax preparer who was charged in March with stealing clients’ identity information to file false tax returns pleaded guilty on Tuesday. She’ll face a maximum of 20 years in prison when she’s sentenced.
AZ: Former Sheriff’s Office IT employee indicted for computer tampering, ID theft
Phil Benson reports: A former technology expert and telecommunications director at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has been indicted on charges of computer tampering and identity theft. A Maricopa County Grand Jury handed up an indictment against Robert Rampy late last Friday on 14 assorted felony charges. The indictment alleged Rampy wrongfully released and accessed…
New York Man Pleads Guilty In Huge Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Case
The following uses information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey: A New York man today admitted his role as a leader of one of the nation’s largest and longest running stolen identity refund fraud schemes ever identified, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Jose Torres, a/k/a “Jose Quilestorres,” a/k/a “Carlos Jose Luis,” 47, of Bronx, N.Y., pleaded guilty before…