Pablo Lopez reports: A jury took less than three hours to convict a Fresno man making fake identification cards and masterminding a scheme in which credit card information was unlawfully obtained from unsuspecting restaurant customers. Brett Ronald Matteson Jr., 38, wiped tears from his eyes when the 105-count verdict was announced today in Fresno County…
Category: ID Theft
VA: Gift Card Re-encoder sentenced to 13 years
Jerry A. Diggs, 31, of Middletown, Delaware, was sentenced Wednesday to 132 months on a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, a consecutive 24 months on a charge of aggravated identity theft, followed by three years of supervised release and the requirement of restitution in the amount of $230,644.56 to over one hundred victims….
Hotel chain Starwood warns of possible credit card fraud
Customers who stayed at one of the hotels owned by international hotel conglomerate Starwood within Germany may have been victim to widespread credit card fraud, the company confirmed on Tuesday. The New York-based company owns chains such as Sheraton, Westin and Le Méridien, and believes that some customers who carry “Miles and More” cards –…
(follow-up) NY: Breach of privacy earns time in jail
Kenneth C. Crowe II reports on a breach previously covered on this site: A retired clerk at the state Department of Taxation who stole the identities of taxpayers, deceased family members and children to run up more than $200,000 in credit card charges will serve six months in jail. Rensselaer County Court Judge Andrew Ceresia…
Man sentenced in credit card scam orchestrated behind prison bars
Robert J. Lopez reports: Morocco Curry, 37, also known as Monica Dupree, was serving a three-year sentence at Centinela prison in Imperial after pleading guilty to bank fraud and identity theft charges in state court, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles. While doing his time at Centinela, Curry obtained credit card numbers…
Indonesian Police Intensifying Efforts To Investigate ATM Scams
The Indonesian police are working closely with banks to protect customers and investigate this week’s reports of ATM break-in cases which may cause national banks to lose about Rp5 billion (RM1.8 million), Indonesia’s Antara news agency reported. “The Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) of the National Police has sent telegrams to all regional police chief detectives…