Jonathan Stempel reports: First National Bank of Omaha will pay $35.25 million of fines and refunds to settle charges by two U.S. regulators that it duped hundreds of thousands of customers into buying credit card and identity theft services they did not want, understand or receive. It also apologized to customers. Thursday’s settlements with the…
Category: ID Theft
Roman Seleznev Found Guilty on 38 Counts
I guess the jury didn’t buy the defense’s claim that the government had tampered with the evidence on Seleznev’s laptop. A federal jury yesterday convicted a Vladivostok, Russia, man of 38 counts related to his scheme to hack into point-of-sale computers to steal and sell credit card numbers to the criminal underworld, announced Assistant Attorney…
Noble House Hotels & Resorts responds to data breach
I wonder if this incident involves the same unnamed vendor linked to the Millenium Hotels & Resorts incident. Noble House Hotels and Resorts (Noble House) values the relationship it has with its guests and understands the importance of protecting your personal information. Regrettably, an incident occurred that may involve some of your information. Noble House…
TH: ID thieves arrested for 986K internet banking theft
Sunthon Pongpao reports: Six men have been arrested and charged with identity theft and stealing nearly 1 million baht [approximately USD $29,000] via internet banking from an auto accessory trader in Ayutthaya they found on Facebook. […] They chose their victims on Facebook, made contact on the pretence of buying goods to get bank account…
NJ: Monmouth County Man Charged With Submitting Fraudulent Health Insurance Claims in the Name of the Doctor He Worked For, Then Stealing the Insurance Checks When the Claims Were Paid
Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced that a Monmouth County man was charged today with submitting fraudulent health insurance claims in the name of the ophthalmologist he worked for, then stealing the insurance checks when they came into the doctor’s office. Austin B. Mongiello, 27, of…
Do you or a family member have a Health Savings Account? If so, read this.
If you have a health savings account (HSA), you may be one of many people who treat it like a savings account or an inactive checking account where you do not check your balance or withdrawals frequently. But your HSA may be an attractive target for fraudsters, and you need to protect it. DataBreaches.net has heard that…