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Category: ID Theft

Black market medical record prices drop to under $10, criminals switch to ransomware

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Dissent

Maria Korolov reports: The black market value of stolen medical records dropped dramatically this year, and criminals shifted their efforts from stealing data to spreading ransom ware, according to a report released this morning. Hackers are now offering stolen records at between $1.50 and $10 each, said Anthony James, CMO at San Mateo, Calif.-based security…

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FL: Palm Beach sheriff’s deputy arrested in ID theft case

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Dissent

Paula McMahon and Adam Sacasa report: A Palm Beach sheriff’s deputy faces identity theft and fraud charges for abusing his access to a law enforcement database to steal people’s personal information, authorities said Thursday. Another man arrested in the same case told investigators that he agreed to pay Deputy Frantz Felisma $10,000 a month in…

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WI: Former Forest Service Employee Sentenced in Federal Court for Identity Theft and Credit Card Fraud

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Dissent

United States Attorney Gregory A. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced Tuesday that Michael Hanan, 35, of Sussex, Wisconsin was sentenced to 4 years’ imprisonment and  3 years supervised release for identity theft and credit card fraud. In September of 2016, Hanan pleaded guilty to one count of access-device fraud, in violation of 18…

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CT: 3 arrested in fraud scheme that allegedly used veterans’ information

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Dissent

Fox61 reports: STAFFORD SPRINGS — Exactly nine months after police began investigating the possibility that a local company was committing fraud and larceny, three people have been arrested. […] It was determined that the employees of Shark Cycle were stealing the personal information — names, birthday and social security numbers — of customers who were veterans. They…

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Three Romanian nationals indicted in cyber fraud case in which they infected 60,000 computers, sent out 11 million malicious emails and stole at least $4 million

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Dissent

A 21-count indictment was unsealed in which three Romanian nationals were charged for operating a cyber fraud conspiracy in which they infected 60,000 computers, sent out 11 million malicious emails and stole at least $4 million, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony. Bogdan Nicolescu, 34, Tiberiu…

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Florida man sentenced to prison for selling medical records stolen from Rotech Healthcare

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Dissent

There’s an update to an incident previously reported on this site in August: Dec. 13 – U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell today sentenced Vickie Lorenzo Bryant (39, Plant City) to four years in federal prison for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.  He pleaded guilty on August 23, 2016. According to court documents, in…

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