Luke Wilusz reports: A former U.S. Air Force member was sentenced to four years in prison this week for stealing and distributing personal information from other service members. A federal jury found 28-year-old Ronnie Allen II guilty earlier this year of two counts each of of identity theft, aggravated identity theft and access device fraud,…
Category: ID Theft
Nigerian charged in W-2 phishing attacks on school districts in Connecticut and Minnesota
A Nigerian man has been arrested for his alleged role in W-2 phishing attacks on school districts that resulted in tax refund fraud. On Friday, the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut issued the following press release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the…
FL: PBSO deputy gets 5 years in prison in ID theft case
CBS12 reports on a case I’ve been updating on this site for the past few years: A Palm Beach County Sheriff‘s deputy received five years in prison after pleading guilty in an identity theft case. In March, Deputy Frantz Felisma pleaded guilty to federal charges of aggravated identity theft and access device fraud. He admitted to…
Couple who stole Parkland, Baylor patient names to bill Medicare get federal prison time
Almost six years after I first reported on this breach and almost three years after they pleaded guilty, a Texas couple has been sentenced to prison. Kevin Krause reports: A Dallas company enticed patients to use Medicare-funded home health care they didn’t need by giving them grocery gift cards and cash, federal prosecutors say. Dallas Home Health Care…
Teen was writing a fraud to-do list when the cops came.
David J. Neal reports: Topping a list of Things Cops Want to Find When Executing a Search Warrant at a Suspected Million Dollar Fraudster’s Home might be “the suspect writing his fraud to-do list.” That’s what law enforcement found Phyllistone Termine doing at his North Miami-Dade home. That’s not the only reason Termine, 19, was…
Wilmington doctor indicted on insurance fraud and identity theft charges
Esteban Parra reports: A Wilmington psychiatrist – a former Delaware Medical Board officer – has been indicted on charges he submitted more than $100,000 in insurance claims over a two-year period for visits that did not occur. To facilitate this fraud, Dr. Karl McIntosh used his patients’ personal identifying information without their consent, according to the state Department…