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Category: ID Theft

H&R Block employee gave drug dealer access to client information, charges state

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Dissent

Phoebe Tollefson reports: An H&R Block employee let a man who sold him pot “help himself” to filing cabinets containing customer information earlier this year in order to settle a debt, prosecutors allege. James Maurice Palmer, 27, faces charges of forgery and identity theft, both felonies, stemming from the incident in April. Read more on…

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Guest’s personal information stolen from Romulus hotel, police seek culprit

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Dissent

Dane Sager Kelly reports on low-tech theft of identity info: Police are asking for public assistance in identifying and locating a man in connection with the theft of personal information at a Holiday Inn on Nov. 28. […] On Nov. 28, at approximately 4:35 a.m., the front desk received a phone call from a woman who claimed…

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Former hotel clerk arrested for profiting from guests’ info

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Dissent

KTBS reports: A former hotel clerk was arrested for using information obtained through his job to fraudulently rent rooms and receive food deliveries, said Sheriff Steve Prator. Between April and June 2017, Delvin Darrell Raphiel, 28, used a childhood friend’s personal information to set up a hotel honors account through which he reserved rooms at…

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Text alert: the ‘bank’ message that cost a student £5,400 of her loan money

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Dissent

Miles Brignall has a report that I would encourage you to read. Read it for yourself, because this could happen to you, of course, but also read it and then share it with any of your children who have accounts that they can access. This really is some well-done fraud that begins with fraudsters spoofing…

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Glen Head couple charged with identity theft in health insurance fraud case

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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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

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Dissent

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,…

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