Here’s an update to a case previously noted on this blog: Jamal Gerard Mose-Burrel, 22, of Houston, has been sentenced to a four-year-term of imprisonment for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Mose-Burrel pleaded guilty Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Today, U.S. District Judge Lee H….
Category: ID Theft
State of Alabama Employee Pleads Guilty to Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
The following press release from the DOJ is related to a scam previously noted on this blog: Natacia Webster, an employee of the state of Alabama, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false claims, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue…
Financial Planner Stole Clients’ Identities
A former financial planner was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of probation for stealing personal identity information of about 3,000 clients and using the information to open new accounts, make purchases and cash advances and reroute the clients’ mail. Andrew W. Myers, 33, a former financial planner at Northwestern Mutual and…
Four Twin Cities men convicted in ID theft ring
Dan Browning reports: Jurors in St. Paul returned guilty verdicts Thursday against four participants in a wide-ranging identity fraud ring based in the Twin Cities that bilked about $2 million from banks and retailers across 14 states. The defendants were among 28 people charged in the conspiracy; their co-defendants have all pleaded guilty. Read more…
Coral Springs Police: Identity Theft Ring Busted
CBS in Miami reports that police have busted an ID theft ring that involved an employee of a Coral Springs Chili’s and others. On Tuesday Ames and other investigators showed the evidence recovered to CBS 4 News — a credit card making machine, a credit card skimmer, laptops, blank credit cards and pages and pages…
10 Greater Cleveland residents charged with bank fraud, identity theft
Donna J. Miller reports: Ten people from Greater Cleveland are accused of stealing a total of $207,000 from six banks in a scheme that involved an assistant bank manager and a salesman who supplied local businesses with cash registers and credit card machines. They were charged Friday with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft based…