Martin Robinson Bowling, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced (pdf) to three years in prison for computer fraud in November 2008, is now facing embezzlement and identity theft charges. Bowling, whose sentence had been reduced to probation, is one of five people charged in unrelated id theft charges. According to a news story filed by…
Category: ID Theft
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Melanee R. Fretz, a former bookkeeper at the Kutztown Manor nursing home, was sentenced to nine months of house arrest for stealing the identity of an invalid resident. She was also sentenced to seven years of probation following the house arrest. More. Karina Orduna-Ramirez was charged with four felony counts of…
Details of 10,000 MS workers among stolen data
Last week, this site reported on a story from Times Online about the new Lucid Intelligence database of identity details that had been found up for sale by cybercriminals. The database consists of 120 million records on 40 million people worldwide, compiled by identity theft expert Colin Holder and others. Users can conduct a free…
Sac City Bank employee pleads guilty
Following up on a case mentioned on this site in June: United States Attorney Matt M. Dummermuth announced today that a woman who defrauded victims out of at least $4 million pled guilty today in federal court in Sioux City. CHARLENE MARIE PICKHINKE, 48, from Sac City, Iowa, was convicted of one count each of…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Swedish police are increasingly certain that two Romanian nationals arrested in Hungary are the masterminds behind the widespread credit card scam which recently hit residents in Malmö in southern Sweden. Hundreds of residents in Malmö have complained of credit card fraud; half of them after using an unnamed Shell gas station….
Report: ID thief had 500 Wells Fargo customers’ details
This week, a federal grand jury in Sacramento returned a 13-count indictment charging Jonah Hanneke Nelson, 30, of Dixon, with bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud, counterfeiting securities, and possession of more than 15 access devices. According to Assistant United States Attorney Russell L. Carlberg, the indictment alleges that Nelson obtained bank account…