Note that this story is about a restaurant in Huntsville, Alabama and is not about Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant in Huntsville, Texas. Margo Gray reports: Several people have had their credit card information stolen, and it may be connected to an investigation into a Huntsville restaurant. At least three more cases have been filed with Huntsville…
Category: ID Theft
TX: Former CPS worker sentenced in ID theft case
A follow-up to a breach previously noted on this blog: A former employee with Children’s Protective Services has been sentenced to prison for her part in an identity theft scheme. Andrea Daniels, 45, was convicted of the charges of fraudulent use and possession of identifiable information. Prosecutors say from November 2009 through April 2010, Daniels…
UAE: Employee arrested for credit card fraud
Matovu Abdallah Twaha reports: An Arab man working for a major electronic company in Dubai was arrested for stealing customers’ credit card information and using it to buy expensive products from the same company. Director of Electronic Investigations at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Maj. Saeed Al Hajiri said they were informed in July about…
Update on Gallatin, TN card fraud
Law enforcement continues to shield the name of a breached business in Gallatin, Tennessee, even though they acknowledge that past customers might still become victims. Sarah Kingsbury reports, in part: To date, Gallatin police have received 203 fraud reports related to the outbreak, with the majority of charges showing up on bank and credit card…
VA: Amherst store owner reacts to becoming victim of international hacking
Hmmm… one I missed in April, it seems. Justin Ward reports: It’s a practice many of us do daily: use our credit card. Now dozens of people at one Amherst County store are discovering they’re victims of credit card theft. The computer system at Country Corner Market was hacked, compromising the information of 125 customers. …
Former waiter charged with stealing credit card numbers
Ruben Castaneda reports: A former waiter at a TGI Fridays restaurant in Laurel was indicted Thursday on charges he copied and sold the numbers of 73 credit cards, Prince George’s authorities said. Brian K. Adams, 21, of Elkridge, was indicted on 16 charges, including theft, identity theft, and conspiracy to commit theft, State’s Attorney Angela…