NBC reports: A husband-and-wife pair have been arrested for allegedly stealing the personal information of dozens of Manhattan hospital patients to take control of their bank accounts and buy hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise at luxury retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue, authorities say. Kyle Steed, 30, who was employed at Lenox Hill…
Category: ID Theft
Ex-Monterey Park resident prison-bound for identity theft and tax refund scheme
Hillary Johnson reports: A former Monterey Park resident was sentenced Monday to 40 months in federal prison for filing bogus tax returns using names and Social Security numbers of people whose identity information had been stolen to fraudulently collect refunds. Sang Hwoon Shin, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge George H. King, who also…
Elephant Bar alerts customers to possible payment card breach
Ron Ruggless reports: CM Ebar LLC, parent to the Elephant Bar restaurants, warned customers who used credit cards at the 29-unit chain between August and December that their data may have been breached, the company said Tuesday. The casual-dining operator said it was alerted to the potential security breach on Nov. 3, and it has…
FL: Jury acquits former Osceola County deputy in ID theft, tax fraud case
Following up on a report from September 2014, because while some of those indicted were convicted, one was acquitted and it’s only fair to report that in light of prior damage to his reputation. Rene Stutzman reports: A federal jury has acquitted a former NFL wide receiver who later worked as an Osceola County deputy, on charges he was…
LA: Opelousas couple pleads guilty to identity theft
Do you really know who’s preparing your taxes? I’ve seen just soooo many cases of tax preparers stealing customers’ identity information for fraud schemes. Here’s another one: An employee of an Opelousas tax preparation business and her boyfriend pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing customers’ identities in order to pocket income tax refunds. Frances Owens, 36,…
IN: Founder of Empowerment Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Found Guilty of fraud, identity theft
Wanda C. Shorter, 43, of Elkhart, Indiana, was found guilty yesterday, after a four-day jury trial of all four counts charged by indictment in a health care billing fraud/aggravated identity theft case. According to documents in this case, Empowerment Non-Emergency Medical Transportation, Inc. (hereafter “Empowerment”) was an enrolled Medicaid provider. Defendant Wanda C. Shorter founded…