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’…
Category: ID Theft
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…
NY: Arraignment in Alleged Identity Theft Case
ALBANY, NY – District Attorney P. David Soares announced today that ROBERT BRUST, 53, of Deerpark (sic), New York, was arraigned on a sealed indictment charging (11) Counts of Identity Theft in the Second Degree, all Class E Felonies, and (1) Count of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree, a Class E Felony, before…
Nearly Every Corner of W.Va. Courthouse Affected by ID Theft
Tina Alvey reports: Identity theft is a crime that just keeps on taking. Employees at the Monroe County Courthouse are among the latest victims of an apparent information highjacking, but at this point no one is even certain if the stolen data came from electronic or paper records. All that county officials are sure of…
Eau Claire woman charged with prescription drug ID theft
The Leader-Telegram reports: A 38-year-old Eau Claire woman is accused of using a false identity to obtain prescription drugs. Molly B. Tiry, 5726 Otter Creek Court, Unit 7, has been charged in Eau Claire County Court with identity theft for financial gain and attempted possession of narcotic drugs, both felonies, and a misdemeanor count of…
Police announce arrest following alleged breach of B.C.’s PharmaNet system
The Canadian Press reports an arrest in a case involving inappropriate access to B.C.’s PharmaNet system: An investigation was launched in February after police were notified that someone was fraudulently using information obtained through the data system. […] The province said in a release Monday that 20,500 people may have had their information viewed inappropriately, up dramatically…