We all know that medical identity theft to acquire treatment services is a risk, and that commingling of medical records could pose a real danger to patients, but you don’t read about that many actual instances. Here’s one out of New York, as reported by Amelia Camurati: A Glen Head couple was arrested last week for…
Category: ID Theft
Russian Cyber-Criminal Roman Valeryevich Seleznev Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Role in Organized Cybercrime Ring Responsible for $50 Million in Online Identity Theft and $9 Million Bank Fraud Conspiracy
There’s an update to a case this site has been following for the past several years. A Russian cyber-criminal was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for his role in a $50 million cyberfraud ring and for defrauding banks of $9 million through a hacking scheme. Roman Valeryevich Seleznev aka Track2, Bulba and Ncux,…
FEMA confirms identity theft claims after NBC2 investigation
Rachel Polansky reports: Dozens of Southwest Floridians are sick and tired of waiting for answers from FEMA after being hit by Hurricane Irma and then, identity thieves. A month after the NBC2 Investigators exposed a major scheme involving criminals stealing local identities to defraud the federal government, the NBC2 Investigators are finally getting answers from…
Feds indict AlphaBay’s PR man
Cyrus Farivar reports: A 24-year-old man from Illinois has been accused by federal prosecutors of being the spokesman for AlphaBay, the now-defunct online drug marketplace. On Wednesday, Ronald L. Wheeler III of Streamwood, Ill. was charged in federal court in Atlanta with “conspiracy to commit access device fraud,” according to the Associated Press. Read more…
Clinic worker who stole IDs of mentally ill, addicted patients for tax scam denied break on jail term
Matt Miller reports the update to a breach previously noted on this site: A clinic worker who stole the personal information of his mentally-ill and drug-addicted clients for a tax scam can’t evade a 5-year prison term for his crimes, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
Alabama Resident Convicted in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Schemes That Sought $26 Million
This case has been going on for years. You can find previous coverage of it on this site either by searching for individual defendants’ names or searching for “Alabama Department of Corrections.” From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Alabama on November 9: A Phenix City, Alabama resident was convicted today by a federal…