NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Two Norfolk men pleaded guilty on February 26 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft as part of a scheme to purchase alcohol for resale from Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) stores with stolen credit, debit, and pre-paid gift card numbers. According to court documents, Dion Melton,…
Category: ID Theft
AR: Two men, including ex-employee of Magnolia bank, get federal sentences for stealing account info of 100 people, committing mail fraud
The Magnolia Reporter reports: Two men, including a former employee of a Magnolia bank, have been sentenced for stealing financial information and making more than $42,000 in fraudulent online purchases. Patrick Wayne Watson, 24, now of Conway, and Kennan Dane O’Bier, 24, now of Nash, TX, were sentenced Tuesday in United States Federal Court at…
Governor Cuomo Announces Launch of New ID Verification Tool to Fight Unemployment Fraud
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of a new identity verification tool, ID.me, to fight unemployment benefit fraud and help New Yorkers with bona fide claims verify their identities and receive benefits faster. The Department of Labor has identified over 500,000 fraudulent claims and stopped over $6.4 billion in payments to criminals since…
NY Department of Financial Services Issues Cyber Fraud Alert to Regulated Entities Using Instant Quote Websites
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On February 16, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) issued a Cyber Fraud Alert (the “Alert”) to regulated entities in light of a growing campaign to steal Nonpublic Information (“NPI”), as defined under New York law, from public-facing websites that provide instant quotes for products like auto insurance (“Instant Quote…
Food server accused of stealing customers’ credit card information will plead guilty
Manola Morales reports on a case where the criminal activity occurred in 2017: A former food server accused of stealing credit card information from his customers will plead guilty in federal court on Tuesday. Prosecutors say Walter Padua conspired with another man and a woman to skim the credit cards and make purchases. Padua’s attorney…
Follow-up: Data from the Toledo Public Schools attack by Maze reportedly being misused
In September, DataBreaches.net reported that Maze threat actors claimed to have attacked an Ohio public school district, but the district was not responding to inquiries from this site about the claims. One month later, this site named the district as Toledo Public Schools and reported that while Maze had dumped files with student and employee…