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Boise Man Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Dissent

When people talk about medical identity theft, they are generally referring to the patient’s identity information being stolen and misused to seek and obtain medical care or for similar purposes. But healthcare fraud may also involve stealing the identity information of providers so that fraudulent bills can be created to defraud the government.  Here’s a…

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Unemployment fraud in one state and a breach while investigating unemployment fraud in another state

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Dissent

Unemployment fraud is a rampant problem these days. Even investigating it can increase the risk of fraud, it seems. Betty Lin-Fisher reports that hundreds of thousands of Ohioans have become victims, and they generally are first finding out because the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) started sending out 1099 tax statements showing…

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CA: Serious Prison Time for Hackers Behind Wolf & Associates Breach

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Dissent

Tyler Hayden reports: A pair of habitual offenders behind one of the biggest data breaches in Santa Barbara County history pleaded guilty last week to multiple felony counts that will send them to prison for a combined 33 years. San Diego residents Gordon Welterlen, 37, and Nicole Milan, 31, admitted to hacking a computer network…

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IRS Agent Charged with Identity Theft and Wire Fraud

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Dissent

A 10-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Bryan Cho, also known as “Yong Hee Cho,” with possession of a fake foreign passport; aggravated identity theft; making false statements during a background check and wire fraud in connection with the purchase of an Upper East Side co-op apartment.  Cho was arrested this…

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Convicted Hacker Charged with Fraud and Identity Theft Committed While Incarcerated in Federal Prison

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Dissent

There’s an update to the case involving Ardit Ferizi, whose criminal history and conviction for hacking and providing material support to a terrorist organization have been covered previously.  Just last month, Ferizi had been sentenced to 20 years in prison, but was granted a reduction to time served plus 10 years supervised release, to be…

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In 2020, COVID-19 also impacted the carding market

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Dissent

It’s always nice when trends make sense. And it’s even nicer when professionals watch and analyze those trends for us. In a report released this morning, Gemini Advisory looked at the carding market in 2020 and how the pandemic does correlate with a significantly decreased demand for Card Present (CP) data on the dark web…

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