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…
Category: ID Theft
US charges 104 in Florida in latest ID theft-fraud roundup
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…
Patient claims identity stolen after confidential files compromised at DC social services agency
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…
Former Marin County Resident Convicted For Using Prisoner Identities in Tax Fraud Scheme
SAN FRANCISCO – Howard Webber, a former resident of Marin County, Calif., was convicted today by a federal jury for conspiring to use identities of others and file fraudulent income tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. The verdict…
IL: Paramedic supervisor charged with stealing drugs and identity theft
Rachel Sudduth reports: A paramedic supervisor of a medical emergency service has been charged with multiple counts of wire fraud, identity theft, and theft of controlled substances. Jason Laut, 39, was charged with six counts of wire fraud, two counts of identity theft, and 29 counts of making false statements. During Laut’s employment at MedStar…
Mortgage loan processor stole dozens of identities
Francesca Gattuso reports: A northwest suburban mortgage loan processor stole “dozens” of victims identities to open bank accounts, credit cards and loans, authorities said. Karolina M. Klambatseas, 34, worked for various mortgage companies while committing the theft dating back to May 2015, Wheaton police announced Monday. Read more on Chicago Sun-Times.