Dan Goodin reports: A former London pizza delivery man faces a 10-year prison sentence after admitting he helped found the notorious DarkMarket forum for computer crime, several news sites reported. Renukanth Subramaniam, a 33-year-old Sri Lanka-born man from North London, pleaded guilty at Blackfriars Crown Court in London to conspiracy to defraud and furnishing false…
Category: ID Theft
NJ: Oaklyn man gets 27-month term for identity theft
Barbara Boyer reports: An Oaklyn man was sentenced yesterday to 27 months in federal prison for stealing identities to swindle nine banks. Joseph DeForge, 65, also was ordered by U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Simandle to pay $171,259 in restitution and to serve three years of supervised release. The judge allowed DeForge to remain free…
IL: More charges, suspects in ID theft ring
Matt Hanley reports: An identity theft ring uncovered in Oswego last year involved more than just thefts in Kendall County. Police across the Fox Valley quietly made arrests they hoped would lead to other suspects, while Oswego’s larger investigation continued for nearly a year. This week, Oswego police announced four people had been charged with…
Louisiana woman pleads guilty to access device fraud and mail fraud
Geralyn Moore, age 32, a resident of Marrero, LA, pled guilty in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to one count of access device fraud and two counts of wire fraud related to fraudulent purchases made on a Discover Card, which did not belong to her, announced U. S. Attorney…
Four women held in San Jose identity-theft scheme, DA’s office says
Lisa Fernandez reports: A team of South Bay authorities said they arrested four women suspected of stealing the identities of at least 100 victims in a ring headquartered at a Days Inn in San Jose. Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Amy Cornell said Wednesday that two of the women arrested Monday at the…
PA: Man gets 8 to 16 years for drugs, ID theft
John McManus, 37, of 103 Persimmon Drive, Delaware Township pled guilty to various drug and identity theft charges on January 11 at the Pike County Courthouse in Milford. He was sentenced by President Judge Joseph Kameen to 8 to 16 years in state prison. A jury had already been selected to try McManus on his…