Stephanie Allen reports: A Kissimmee man is facing federal charges alleging he sold hundreds of Godiva Chocolatier employees’ identities. Jonathan Munoz was arrested Thursday after meeting with an undercover Internal Revenue Service agent to allegedly sell a list of names, Social Security numbers and date of births, court documents state. Read more on Orlando Sentinel. So where…
Category: ID Theft
IRS Needs to Further Improve Controls over Financial and Taxpayer Data: GAO
The highlights of a new GAO report on the IRS: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made progress in implementing information security controls; however, weaknesses in the controls limited their effectiveness in protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of financial and sensitive taxpayer data. During fiscal year 2015, IRS continued to devote attention to securing its…
IRS’s Top 10 Identity Theft Prosecutions
From the IRS, Mar. 21: As part of the continued crackdown on refund fraud and identity theft, the Internal Revenue Service today released the Top 10 Identity Theft Prosecutions for Fiscal Year 2015. These prosecutions are part of the wide-ranging strategy to combat refund fraud and assist taxpayers through detection, prevention and resolving identity theft…
CA: Man pleads guilty to bank fraud, aggravated identity theft
Hoa Quach reports: The lead defendant in a fraud case involving Wells Fargo employees who stole customer account data that was used to impersonate victims and steal money from their accounts is due to be sentenced in July after pleading guilty to federal charges. Ronald Charles Reed, 69, of Inglewood pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S….
Korean National Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Crimes Ranging from Identity Theft to Illegal Firearm Possession
A Korean national who had been deported from the U.S. and then returned using falsified documents to commit additional fraud was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to four years in prison and $49,815 in restitution, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. CHONG HWA LIM aka Jong Wha Rim, 64 of Federal Way,…
River Cree casino hacked, customer information compromised
CBC News reports: The River Cree casino says it was the victim of a “cyberattack” earlier this week that resulted in the theft of customer and employee information. The casino, on the Enoch Cree First Nation just west of Edmonton, said it discovered the attack on Monday and immediately alerted the RCMP, the Alberta Gaming and…