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Category: ID Theft

Anthem, AmEx, PayPal, Must Face ID Theft Suit in Calif.

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Dissent

Jimmy H. Koo reports: Health insurance, financial services, and payment card companies failed to keep a California attorney’s identify theft lawsuit in federal court and must face the allegations back in state court, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California held May 31 ( Gallo v. Unknown No. of Identity Thieves ,…

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Woman stole info of 150 patients at Charlotte area medical practice

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Dissent

Joe Marusak reports: A Charlotte woman on Wednesday admitted to stealing the personal identification information of more than 150 patients at a Charlotte area medical practice. Keniona Thomas, 24, pleaded guilty in federal court in Charlotte to one count of identity theft for stealing the information from patient files, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Prosecutors…

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W-2 Email Scam Finds More Victims in 2017

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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PBSO deputy backs out of ID theft guilty plea; to take chance on trial

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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Charlotte medical practice worker sold patients’ private info for $10 apiece, feds say

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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Former Government Contractor Pleads Guilty To ID Theft Scheme

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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