Caitlin E. Reilly reports: The number of organizations that fell prey to a recurring W-2 email scam that involved identity thieves posing as company executives rose subatantially in 2017, an Internal Revenue Service official said May 18. […] In the first four months of 2017, 870 organizations reported to the IRS that they received a…
Category: ID Theft
PBSO deputy backs out of ID theft guilty plea; to take chance on trial
Jane Musgrave reports: A former Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy on Friday was allowed to recant his guilty pleas and will get a chance to persuade a jury that he didn’t use his access to law enforcement databases to propel a $250,000 identity theft scam. U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks agreed to let former deputy…
Charlotte medical practice worker sold patients’ private info for $10 apiece, feds say
Blake Hanson reports on an incident that was seemingly reported to federal regulators and patients last year, but flew under the media radar for the most part until criminal charges were revealed this week: Federal prosecutors have charged a Charlotte medical practice employee over accusations she sold patient’s private information to an identity thief. Keniona…
Former Government Contractor Pleads Guilty To ID Theft Scheme
A former government contractor pleaded guilty Friday to stealing the identities of numerous co-workers to make purchases at online retailers such as Amazon, Express, and Victoria’s Secret. According to the statement of facts filed with the plea agreement, Lakeisha Bradshaw, 28, of Temple Hills, Maryland, was a government contractor employed by Veteran Solutions, Inc., and was…
CVS pharmacy tech charged with 20 counts of identity theft
From Boston 25: A 22-year-old pharmacy technician faces numerous counts of identity theft after he was accused of stealing credit card information from customers at a Nashua CVS. Police say Bounhange Tang, 22, took photos of credit cards from 20 different customers at the pharmacy on Daniel Webster Highway and then looked up the customers’…
Blowout Cards Notifies Customers After Card Fraud Reports Roll In
On April 19, a user calling themself “ForceChange77” posted an inquiry on a Blowout Cards forum: Not sure where to put this, but I ordered something from Blowout in January. Used a credit card that I rarely use – only other place I use is NYTimes subscription. Somebody got the card number and started charging…