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Category: ID Theft

Philadelphia woman charged in ID theft ring

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Dissent

On December 14, United States Attorney Michael L. Levy announced the filing of a two-count information (pdf) charging Cursheena Patterson, age 24, of Philadelphia, with one count of conspiracy to commit unauthorized access fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. According to the information, from October through December, 2008, Patterson allegedly obtained the names,…

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Update AK: Source of stolen credit information was a restaurant

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Dissent

James Halpin reports: The source of the debit and credit card data stolen from hundreds of Anchorage residents in a sophisticated hacking attack was Little Italy, a family-owned restaurant in South Anchorage, its owner said Tuesday. Police say anywhere from 150 to 1,000 card numbers were stolen and used in the attack, which started generating…

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Ca: Debit-card fraud hits Guelph bank customers

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Dissent

Vik Kirsch reports: TD Canada Trust customers stood in long lineups in at least one Guelph branch Tuesday to replace debit cards after cash was stolen from their accounts or as a precaution against this high-tech theft. “The lineup was just incredible,” customer Irene Hayes said after replacing her debit card to guard against further…

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‘Data mining’ catches welfare cheats

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Dissent

Troy Anderson reports: At an age in which she could have received in-home care herself, Susie Claborn, 73, seemed an unlikely welfare cheat. But prosecutors say the Pacoima woman used two identifications – belonging to her incarcerated son and her granddaughter – to fraudulently bill the In-Home Supportive Services program for $116,000. She pleaded guilty…

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Major International Hacker Pleads Guilty For Massive Attack On U.s. Retail And Banking Networks

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Dissent

Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting major American retail and financial organizations, and to steal data relating to tens of millions of credit and debit cards, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey…

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La. restaurants suffering credit card ‘nightmare’

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Dissent

Jason Brown of The Advocate has a story today about restauranteurs’ lawsuits against Radiant Systems and Computer World, a lawsuit covered previously on the blog. Of note, Brown cites a Secret Service agent involved in the case: Luiz Velez, resident agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Baton Rouge office, said each hack involved restaurants…

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