In the justice system: As a follow-up to a breach covered on PogoWasRight.org last year, Anthony Wood, 45, a/k/a Anthony Bickerstaff, was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay $67,292 in restitution for using stolen personal information of customers at Commerce Bank in Mount Laurel. Co-defendants Jennifer Mullner, a former loan services…
Category: ID Theft
Possible Mass Security Breach Involving LexisNexis and Investigative Professionals (Update 3)
Ariel Bashi of CBS News reports: CBS News has learned of another data breach potentially compromising the personal information of thousands of people. Companies Lexis Nexis and Investigative Professionals have sent up to 40,000 letters to customers whose “sensitive and personally identifiable” information may have been viewed by individuals who should not have had access….
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: In Oregon, Ashley Marie Crayton, Devona Lenee Franklin, and Vivian Wang have been charged with ID theft after a complaint from a Wells Fargo branch. More. In California, Cherie Ann Deloura was arrested on charges relating to a scam in which she added her name as an authorized user to American…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Two Baylor University students, Nicolas Lukashevich and Nicholas Batts, have been arrested in connection with compromised email and social networking accounts. More. In MS, at least a dozen people had their identities stolen by Candance Brown, Kimberly Gentry, Latonja Casnel, and Jamaal Tyler, who used the data to open accounts at…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Bernard James Brown Jr., a former bank credit card department manager at Eastern Virginia Bankshares, was sentenced to prison for bank fraud and identity theft. More. Investigators have identified suspects in a debit card fraud scheme affecting more than two dozen Macon and Bibb County residents and skimmers used at Raceway…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: In AZ, Sheila McCarthy and Christina Hansen were charged with aggravated identification theft involving stealing personal information and credit card information from an employer and an unnamed hair salon’s customers. More. In VA, Karen Priscilla Jones has been charged with aggravated identity theft as well as other crimes for stealing the…