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Category: ID Theft

San Jose man sentenced to 17 years for role in ID theft ring victimizing dozens

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Dissent

A San Jose man today was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for masterminding what San Jose police believe is one of the most extensive and insidious identity theft rings in the city’s history. Tri Van Nguyen was sentenced by the Hon. Socrates Manoukian following his plea to 87 felony counts earlier this…

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Hard Rock Las Vegas Reports Card Data Breach

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Dissent

Dow Jones Business News reports: The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas said Monday that customer payment-card data was accessed after malware was placed on the resort’s payment-card system, becoming the latest hotel to report such a breach. The company said the card-scraping malware identified data including cardholder name, card number, expiration date…

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Dark web drug dealer and hacker to pay out £17,000 and carry out 200 hours of unpaid work

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Dissent

Victoria Wheldon reports: A Scots computer hacker who used the ‘dark web’ to sell drugs has been ordered to pay £17,000 in compensation and carry out 200 hours of unpaid work. David Trail set up and administered the Topix2 website, an online black market site which he used to buy and sell drugs including Diazepam…

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Mercy Medical Center Redding notifies patients after discovering NaviHealth case manager was working under a stolen identity

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Dissent

Typically, when an entity posts a link to a security breach notification on their web site, it’s a normal or small font. If you’re lucky, it’s positioned so that you stand a chance of spotting it immediately. But Mercy Medical Center Redding wanted to make sure they caught their patients’ attention with this graphic on…

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Palm Beach County Resident Pleads Guilty in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Conspiracy Involving Students and Other Individuals’ Personal Identifying Information

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Dissent

A Palm Beach County resident pled guilty for his participation in a stolen identity tax refund fraud conspiracy involving students and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII). Oniel Winston Scarlett, 28, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, to retain and conceal monies stolen from the United States, and to commit identity…

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Nigerian National Sentenced to Federal Prison for Collecting Millions of Dollars in a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud (SIRF) Scheme

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Dissent

In Austin today, 32-year-old Adefemi Olokodana (aka “Coker Akosua Paul”), a Nigerian national residing in Austin, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to collect millions of dollars in tax refunds using stolen identification information. On January 22, Olokodana had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud…

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