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Category: ID Theft

Woman gets 18 months for ID theft for misusing her kids’ identities

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Dissent

The Identity Theft Resource Center and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse have both been active in trying to highlight the growing risks of children having their identity information misused for fraud. In too many cases, the perpetrators are their own parents. Although I generally don’t report all these cases on this blog, here’s a case in Maryland…

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CA: 3rd suspect charged in pump-skimming scam

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Dissent

Henry K. Lee reports: A third suspect has been charged for his role in a gas pump-skimming operation that was uncovered in Martinez and victimized customers throughout Northern California, authorities said Wednesday. Edwin Hamazaspyan, 31, is facing identity theft and conspiracy charges along with David Karapetyan, 31, and Zhirayr Zamanyan, 30, all of Los Angeles. The three…

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Two charged with credit union theft that allegedly used Navy clinic data

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Dissent

Another case allegedly involving theft of patient data for fraud.  John Wharton reports from Maryland: St. Mary’s grand jurors have charged two county residents with stealing from the Navy Federal Credit Union, in a scheme that law officers allege misappropriated the personal information of Navy health clinic patients. Donna Mason, a 41-year-old Lexington Park woman,…

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Data breach in 2005 fueled a long-running massive Medicare fraud scheme

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Dissent

An indictment unveiled in New York today concerning a huge Medicare fraud scheme reveals how both medical professionals and patients may have their identities stolen in furtherance of fraud. And in this case, a data breach years ago provided much of the identity information needed. William K. Rashbaum and Michael Wilson report: An Armenian-American crime…

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A Rochester credit union cancels 3,700 cards following ALDI breach

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

Earlier today, I noted that ALDI had notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office that 8,000 Maryland residents might be affected by the recent security breach they experienced. Also today, 13WHAM in New York reported that  ESL Federal Credit Union has blocked activity on the credit/debit cards of approximately 3,700 customers because of  the breach breach. ESL…

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Insider wrongdoing a low point for High Point University

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

In late June, High Point University in North Carolina discovered that an employee who had access to personal information of students had misused the credit card  information of nine individuals for fraudulent purposes. The university notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on July 15 that they were notifying  634 Maryland residents of the breach.  The employee…

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