In the justice system: Ashley Johnson was arrested in Memphis for trying to open a store account under a false name. When police searched her vehicle, they discovered cards in dozens of other identity cards. Johnson allegedly used names and identification numbers she found on employee applications that she took from trash containers behind such…
Category: ID Theft
New fraud reports attributed to Heartland Payment Systems breach
A few weeks ago, Clearstar Financial Credit Union reported that a few dozen of their members had detected fraudulent charges on their cards that began on March 25. Given that lists of possibly compromised card numbers from the Heartland Payment Systems breach had been sent out in January and thereafter, some of us wondered whether…
TX: Update on Irving ISD breach: employee data on discarded report resulted in ID theft
Back in February, CBS News reported that dozens of Irving Independent School District employees had become victims of ID theft and that a former volunteer at the school, Sharon Seeley, had been charged in connection with the case. Now today, Katherine Leal Unmuth of the Dallas Morning News provides an update on this case. Apparently…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Tax preparers and sisters Carolyne and Johanna Jones have been charged with using clients’ information to obtain fraudulent tax refunds. More. Former postal carrier Rodney Ervin was sentenced to 25 months for mail theft, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. More. Jennifer Derrickson was charged with seven counts of identity…
Identities stolen at NC DMV
The North Carolina Dept. of Motor Vehicles is reporting that at least 13 people who used the Carrboro office between July 1, 2008 and April 6, 2009 may have had their personal information stolen — “names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, driver license numbers, Social Security numbers and possible medical information could have been…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Andrew Paparella Jr. was arrested and charged with stealing credit card numbers belonging to patrons of his restaurant, the Citrus café. More. Gene Anthony Franklin Jr. faces up to 73 years in prison for stealing the identities of more than one dozen people by posing as a real estate investor to…