Dark Reading reports: James Jackson, a 58-year-old Memphis resident, used the identities of deceased individuals to steal money from banks and the estates of the dead. James Jackson, the self-proclaimed “Father of Identity Theft,” has been convicted of 13 counts of mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud, and theft of mail. He now…
Category: ID Theft
ServiceArizona Website Security Failure Forces Plan To Protect Victims Of Identity Theft
The Arizona Daily Independent News Network reports: The Arizona Department of Transportation was forced to launch an aggressive plan to address the activity of identity thieves who used ServiceArizona.com to complete fraudulent transactions involving duplicate driver licenses. The plan includes services for victims and for anyone who believes their information may have been compromised. Officials…
Surgical Assistant Suspected of Identity Theft Scheme at Southern California Hospitals
Eric Leonard, Philip Drechsler and Andrew Blankstein report: A man who worked as a surgical assistant has been arrested on suspicion of stealing identities, financial data, and money from employees and patients while working at several Los Angeles area hospitals, law enforcement sources told NBCLA. James Shannon, also known as James Sannon and other aliases,…
NASA Astronaut Accused of Identity Theft in First Criminal Allegation from Space
Jami Ganz reports: The situation is out of this world. Anne McClain, a NASA astronaut and lieutenant colonel in the Army, is facing accusations that she committed identity theft through the “improper access” of her estranged wife’s “private financial records,” The New York Times reported. Former Air Force intelligence officer Summer Worden didn’t understand how…
Brooklyn, NY man sentenced for stealing personal data from tribal citizens and filing it to collect millions
Bob Mercer reports: A federal judge has sentenced Manaen Dean Matthews to prison for six and a half years for his role in a widespread data-theft scheme that included victims on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Viken of Rapid City said the 35-year-old Brooklyn, New York, man must…
Former Desjardins president falls victim to identity theft after data breach
Colin Harris reports: As millions of Quebecers worry about a data breach at Desjardins Group, the former president of Canada’s biggest federation of credit unions says that he himself is a victim of identify theft. Claude Béland, president of Desjardins from 1987 to 2000, told Radio-Canada that three companies wrote to him saying that he…