Natasha Lolita Orr, 36, of Miami, a former employee at Holy Cross Hospital, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to disclosing individually identifiable health information. During the previous plea hearing, Orr admitted to stealing patient information from the Holy Cross Hospital Emergency Room during her employment at the hospital. She then sold that stolen…
Category: ID Theft
IN: Credit card scam hits local eatery
A restaurant in Richmond, Indiana seems to have fallen for a ruse that has resulted in fraudulent charges on their customers’ credit and debit cards. Robert Sullivan reports: A local restaurant and several of its customers have been victimized by a credit card fraud scam, Richmond Police Department officials said. Fifteen individuals who ate at…
Malaysian National Admits to Hacking into the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, FedComp, and Others
Lin Mun Poo, 32, a resident and citizen of Malaysia, pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Brooklyn to possessing stolen credit and debit card numbers. Poo also admitted that he compromised a computer server belonging to the Federal Reserve Bank, and that he installed a malicious code onto that server. According to the…
IA: Reports of credit-card fraud in Muscatine
I, along with several people I work with and friends, have had our credit card numbers compromised and used for online purchases in other states. The cards themselves were not stolen, but the numbers were used. I’m just curious if this is a widespread problem in Muscatine. I called the police to report it and…
CO: Credit card fraud hits Snowmass
Chad Abraham reports from Aspen: The credit card numbers of at least 12 people in Snowmass Village have been used fraudulently in purchases, or attempted buys, at stores across the nation. Art Smythe, the town’s police chief, said the victims still have their cards, but the culprits were somehow able to get the numbers. Most…
Ca: Seven arrested at casino tied to credit card fraud
Ontario Provincial police charged seven men with credit and debit card fraud at the Fallsview Casino. Police said the suspects obtained significant amounts of cash from hundreds of compromised bank accounts over a two-hour period Thursday, using several ATM machines within the casino, according to the Associated Press. With the arrests, casino enforcement unit officers…