Lori Crouch reports: A hot spot for gas could be a hot bed of criminal activity. Suffolk police say 16 victims who used a debit card at Murphy USA gas station in the 1200 block of Main Street have come forward since May 27th. All of the victims report that money was stolen from their…
Category: ID Theft
Former Central Valley restaurateurs accused of credit card fraud
A husband and wife who owned a short-lived restaurant in Bakersfield have been indicted by a Fresno federal grand jury. Alia Christine Brost, 35, and Roberto Renteria Jr., 33, of Bakersfield, are accused in a 29-count indictment with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and access device (credit card) fraud. According to the indictment,…
MN: Three sentenced for stealing identities, obtaining more than $150,000 from victims
Last Friday in federal court, a 34-year-old Maplewood woman was sentenced for her role in a scheme that was using the names and personal identification information of others on fraudulent checks resulting in a total attempted loss of more than $300,000. United States District Court Judge David S. Doty sentenced Nou Thao to time already…
MA: Two women investigated for identity fraud after obtaining information through employee database
Tara Johnson reports: Auburn Police assisted the Millbury Police Department in the arrest of two women from Connecticut on Tuesday, May 24, currently under investigation for identity theft. According to Auburn Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lourie, the two women were taken into custody after they acquired several credit card account applications at Toys-R-Us and Macy’s Department…
WA: Man gets 15 years in county’s largest ID-theft case
Jeremy Pawloski reports on a case that reminds us that low-tech crimes still exist and can affect numerous people A judge sentenced an Olympia-area man to 15 years in prison Thursday in connection with what law enforcement has called Thurston County’s largest identity-theft case. Anthony Vaughn, 31, earlier had pleaded guilty to three counts of…
GAO report: Taxes and Identity Theft: Status of IRS Initiatives to Help Victimized Taxpayers [repost]
[repost] Taxes and Identity Theft: Status of IRS Initiatives to Help Victimized Taxpayers GAO-11-674T, May 25, 2011 Summary: In 2010, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) processed about 137 million individual income tax returns and issued 107 million refunds totaling over $312 billion. The compliance checks it performs before refunds are issued thus could affect millions of…