Darnell M. Barnwell, 25, of Norfolk, Va., pleaded guilty on March 4 in Norfolk federal court to conspiring to defraud the Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU) and to committing credit union fraud. Barnwell faces a maximum penalty of 60 years in prison and a fine of $2,000,000.00 when he is sentenced on June 6, 2011….
Category: ID Theft
Tucson couple victimized by gas pump credit card scam
Jessica Chapin reports: A recent surge of card-skimming scams is still spreading through Tucson gas stations. Almost impossible to detect, thieves insert skimmers underneath the credit card swipe machines at a gas pump, taking information from anyone who pays outdoors. One couple learned the hard way how easily anyone can become a victim. […] Tucson…
UK: Prison for Four Who Ran Ghostmarket.net
Jeremy Kirk reports the final chapter in a case first noted on this blog last August and updated in November: Four men who ran what U.K. police say was the largest English-language criminal forum for selling stolen credit card numbers and the tools to steal data were imprisoned for a combined total of more than…
FL: Seacoast Bank customers’ cards replaced after Fort Pierce ‘skimming’ incident
This seems like a second skimming incident involving a RaceTrac gas station in Florida, as the street address is different than that reported in a previous skimming incident. Paul Mice reports: A few thousand Seacoast National Bank customers have received new credit or debit cards in recent weeks because a handful of them were victims…
Ie: Skimming ‘mastermind’ held after raid on suburban house
Barry Duggan reports: A mastermind behind an international fraud operation responsible for skimming both private and business bank accounts has been uncovered in Limerick. Following a major joint investigation by gardai and customs officers, a Moldovan man was arrested at a house in Limerick city yesterday. The evidence recovered at the suburban home and taken…
Arrest made in South Florida ID theft case
Lisa J. Huriash reports that 400 Oakland Park and Delray Beach firefighters and police are watching their accounts after 31 of their own of them learned that their identity information was used in a tax refund fraud scheme. Both towns use the same retirement plan administrator, raising the possibility of a common point of a…