Three men from Florida, New Jersey, and Maryland were charged today with a wide-ranging computer hacking and identity theft scheme that compromised the personally identifiable information (PII) of millions of people and generated more than $2 million in illegal profits, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Timothy Edward Livingston, 30, of Boca Raton, Florida; Tomasz…
Category: ID Theft
KY: Child identity theft legislation pre-filed in House
Brad Bowman reports that House Majority Caucus Chair Rep. Sannie Overly, D-Paris, pre-filed a bill that would protect children from identity theft by allowing parents or guardians to request a security freeze in cases of card fraud for children under 18 and an incapacitated person. Bowman reports: Currently, there are 22 states that allow parents,…
FL: Clinic Owner & Patient Broker Arrested in Insurance Fraud Scam
This was reported last month, but I seem to have missed it until now. As it involves the misuse of patient information for fraud, I decided better to post it late than never: As a result of a joint investigation by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office and the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department, 55 year old Violeta Otero,…
Pittsburgh-area counselor stole $600K through alleged insurance fraud scheme
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane’s office announced the arrest of a Pittsburgh-area woman charged with illicitly obtaining more than $600,000 through an alleged insurance fraud scheme. The arrest was announced Wednesday. The charges against Lisa A. Wally, 33, are the result of an investigation by the Office of Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud…
IL police: Identity theft crew may have targeted 1,600 names
Ronnie Wachter reports: Lincolnshire police say that a three-month investigation has led to charges against three men in a computer fraud ring that could have involved 1,600 victims. After a series of identity theft cases in their communities, police from Lincolnshire and Naperville worked with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in a long investigation. Read more on Chicago…
Russian Man Involved in Carder.su Gets 9 Years in Federal Prison in ID Theft Case
AP reports: A Russian citizen was sentenced in Las Vegas to nine years in federal prison and ordered to pay a share of $50 million in restitution after pleading guilty to racketeering and identity theft in a worldwide cybercrime organization. U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden said Wednesday that Alexander Kostyukov also faces three years of supervised…