This morning, a Licensed Practical Nurse at a Salisbury retirement community pled guilty to stealing the identity of three elderly patients. At least one patient had Alzheimer’s disease and at least one patient has died since the thefts. Twenty-seven-year-old Tara Campbell, from Crisfield, pled guilty to one count of theft scheme over $500 and two…
Category: ID Theft
PA: Woman used inside credit info for identity theft, police say
A former Allentown woman used inside information from the real estate company where she worked to help a Philadelphia man steal multiple identities in the Lehigh Valley and accumulate more than $100,000 in purchases and loans, state police at Fogelsville said. Carniola Santana, 24, who now has a New York City address, allegedly took information…
Data Theft Hits Mainers
Fraudulent charges from Heartland breach were appearing between May 16 and August 19th. Tux Turkel reports: Hundreds of Maine credit and debit card holders appear to have been victims of a nationwide data theft carried out against Heartland Payment Systems, which processes cards for 250,000 restaurants, retailers and other businesses. Several Maine credit unions have…
Credit card cloning on the rise
Special Agent Jerry Tirocchi of NCIS reports: Over the last few months, SUBASE command members have reported unauthorized credit card purchases on their personal credit card accounts occurring at retail stores and service stations throughout the country. None of the naval members were physically present in these states and all were in possession of their…
Two credit unions report debit card misuse linked to Heartland breach
Yesterday, we reported that Piedmont Credit Union in North Carolina had reported that 15 of its members were reporting fraudulent use of their Visa-issued debit cards, mostly at gas stations in Florida. We also reported that Oregon Territory Federal Credit Union members were reporting misuse of their debit cards. At the time of the initial…
ZA: Three waiters to go on trial
Three Kauai Juice waiters are to go on trial next month in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court on fraud and conspiracy charges. The charges relate to the use of credit card readers and encoding devices, for the manufacture of fake credit cards. […] Prosecutor Mary Naidoo alleges the trio conspired to make false cards…