Michaelangelo Conte of The Jersey Journal reports that six Hudson County residents have been indicted on charges they operated a credit card fraud and identity theft ring that swindled financial institutions out of more than $6 million. The six are charged with identity theft, theft by deception, money laundering and conspiracy. Read more.
Category: ID Theft
Irish bank teller commits insider theft of customer data, gets suspended sentence
Maura Byrne reports on Independent.ie that a Bank of Ireland cashier who used a skimmer to steal data from 87 customer accounts that was used to steal almost €320,000 being taken from their accounts — has been given a suspended sentence. The theft occurred between October 2006 and February 2007. Darren McComiskey reportedly passed the…
University of Florida: “starting to have…. quite a reputation”
Nathan Crabbe of The Gainesville Sun reports that in addition to the breaches that recently made the news, UF has had four cases of ID theft resulting from breaches. During a committee meeting of university trustees at which they passed federal rules intended to prevent identity theft, UF Chief Privacy Officer Susan Blair described the…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: An employee of Washington Mutual Bank in Joliet was arrested and charged with organizing a financial crimes enterprise, conspiring to commit financial crimes, participating in a continuing financial crimes enterprise, theft and four counts of financial identity theft. More. Washoe County sheriff’s deputies have arrested David Michael Baker in Reno on…
Police in Romania detain 20 alleged hackers
The Associated Press reports that police in Romania have detained 20 people suspected of cloning the web sites of banks in other countries to deplete customers’ bank accounts. Individuals in both Spain and Italy were affected. In another case, police detained a person suspected of hacking into the servers of U.S. universities and government agencies,…
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In the justice system: A string of identity thefts spanning seven states has resulted in the arrest of two suspects in Wisconsin. More. As a follow-up to a story reported previously, Scottsdale police arrested nine people who allegedly ran an ID theft ring that involved stealing customer data from local businesses including the Henry Brown…