Levi Pulkkinen reports: A federal grand jury has indicted three Seattle men accused of hacking the wireless networks of more than a dozen businesses to steal money and employees’ personal information. Also claiming the trio was behind 41 burglaries, federal prosecutors contend Joshuah A. Witt, Brad E. Lowe and John E. Griffin used the fruits…
Category: ID Theft
Guilty plea in case involving identity info; Electronic Data Systems employee involved
An insider breach at the former Electronic Data Systems flew pretty much flew under the media radar, it seems. A recent press release notes: Alchico Grant, a resident of Montgomery, Ala., pleaded guilty to his role in two tax fraud and identity theft conspiracies, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today….
NM: Schools take closer look at computer security
It’s nice to see some schools getting the message and being proactive on preventing ID theft or reducing the risk. Reyes Mata reports: To protect students from becoming part of an identity theft scam, schools in Las Cruces have responded to online security threats by no longer collecting Social Security numbers from students. “We used…
CO: Aurora City Council members become victims of ID fraud
Carlos Illescas reports: At least five Aurora City Council members have had their identities stolen over the past few weeks, and police have opened an investigation to determine whether the cases are linked. Someone — armed only with the council members’ basic personal information — opened accounts in their names at a billing service for…
Service Members’ Identities Stolen Via File-Sharing Used for Fraud
Lita Beck and Ken Kalthoff report: A California man who stole thousands of identities, including those of U.S. service members, was sentenced Thursday in Dallas to more than six years in federal prison. Rene Quimby, 42, pleaded guilty in May to one count of fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in the case,…
FL: Former employee convicted of stealing identity info of over 500 people from DCF computers for purposes of Medicare fraud
A jury returned a verdict of guilty on September 12, 2011 against Yenky Sanchez, 25, of Miami. Sanchez was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit authentication feature fraud, and ten counts of aggravated identity theft. The guilty verdict against Sanchez follows on the…