As a follow-up to a case previously reported here, Myles Snyder reports: Two Lancaster men will spend less than two years in prison for using the identities of drunken driving offenders in a identity theft scheme. John B. Spencer III, 29, was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 21 months imprisonment followed by three years…
Category: ID Theft
Tulsa woman pleads guilty in identity theft case
David Harper reports the follow-up to a case previously covered here last month: A Tulsa woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to participating in a conspiracy in which personal identifying information was taken from St. Francis Hospital’s computer system and used as part of a scheme involving fraudulent credit cards and stolen mail. Teresa R. Browning, 36,…
DE: Man admits using IDs of children in fraud scheme
Sean O’Sullivan reports on an ID theft spree that started low-tech and became more sophisticated: A Bear man admitted today to stealing more than 93 Social Security numbers — most belonging to children — to fraudulently obtain more than 340 credit cards and steal $1 million to $2.5 million. Lord Joseph H.M. Aughenbaugh, 41, who…
‘Sacramaniac’ Sentenced For ID Theft
Low-tech and low-class: he even stole from his grandmother. A member of the “Sacramaniacs” street gang has been sentenced to time in state prison for identity theft, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office said Monday. Prosecutors said James Daniel Moos unlawfully had information from dozens of people, and that most of the items were taken…
In: 2 men held for stealing lakhs via net banking
A Selvaraj reports: The CB-CID’s cyber crime wing on Saturday arrested two Mumbai men for withdrawing Rs 26.55 lakh and Rs 75,510 respectively through fraudulent means from two separate accounts of two Tamil Nadu-based persons using net banking. The arrested, S Vinayak Shivaji Khandare (20) and I Ibrahim Ansari (25), have been brought to Chennai…
District food servers charged in theft of patrons’ credit card numbers
Josh White reports: Three servers at the Cheesecake Factory restaurant on Wisconsin Avenue in the District allegedly stole credit card numbers from patrons as part of a scheme that racked up more than $117,000 in fraudulent charges between 2008 and last year, authorities say. Investigators with the U.S. Secret Service allege the servers were working…