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Category: ID Theft

NY: Special-Needs Teacher From Mount Kisco Sentenced In ID Theft Cases

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Dissent

Kathy Reakes reports: A Westchester special-education teacher was sentenced Tuesday to one-and-a-half to three years in prison for stealing the identities of two licensed teachers so she could continue working with special-needs children, officials said. Aimee Stark, 42, of Mount Kisco, also known as Aimee Forman, pleaded guilty in November to the scheme, according to…

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Missouri Man Indicted for Stealing Public School Employees’ IDs and Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns in Their Names (Updated)

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Dissent

A federal grand jury sitting in St. Louis, Missouri, indicted a St. Louis resident on mail fraud and aggravated identity theft charges relating to a scheme to steal public school employees’ IDs and use them to file federal tax returns. According to the indictment returned on Feb. 1 and unsealed yesterday, Kevin K. Williams stole…

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IL: Alton Steel employees report tax refund fraud following W-2 phishing incident (Updated)

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Dissent

Update: This incident actually was a phishing incident, and The Telegraph‘s story now reflects that, so I’m adding this one to the 2017 victims list. Originally, their story sounded like a straight-up hack. Their story now reads: The Alton steel company’s data system was victim to a “phishing expedition,” according to Alton Steel CEO Jim…

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Man Pleads Guilty in Bradley University Data Breach

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Dissent

Eugene Daniel reports: Tuesday, Gbadebo Adebiyi, 41, admitted in federal court to participating in a scheme dating back to 2015. Then, Bradley University reported a data breach of employees’ personal information which was used to file false 2014 tax returns. Adebiyi confessed to working with others to collect money from the tax returns. Read more on Central Illinois…

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US charges 104 in Florida in latest ID theft-fraud roundup

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Dissent

AP reports: Federal authorities have charged 104 people with numerous identity theft and fraud offenses in the latest South Florida crackdown on a rampant problem involving tens of thousands of stolen personal identities. […] In one of the largest cases, an employee at Miami’s Jackson Health System is accused of stealing identities from 24,000 people…

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Patient claims identity stolen after confidential files compromised at DC social services agency

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Dissent

Tisha Lewis reports: After a security breach occurred at a Southeast D.C. contractor for the District’s Department of Behavioral Health, a patient is claiming his identity has been stolen. His accusation comes a week after FOX 5 reported that a case worker at Inner City Family Services is alleged of hiring a complete stranger to do some of her work…

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