Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Cordell Jones to ten years and one month in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $1,469,435, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. Jones pleaded guilty…
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Long Island gym owner arraigned on charges of misuse of customers’ credit card information
William Murphy reports that Thomas Donovan, the owner of 5 Star Kickboxing (previously known as KOXO Kickboxing) in Oceanside, NY, has been arraigned on charges of stealing more than $29,000 from Home Depot by using credit card information obtained from his customers. Newsday has the details (subscription required). The number of customers affected was not reported….
No jail time for cop who stole and shared suspects’ nudes
Miles Klee reports a less-than-impressive sentence in a privacy breach case involving a police officer: Weeks after the state secured its first conviction under a new revenge porn law, a California Highway Patrol officer pled no contest to felony charges over duplicating and sharing intimate photos found on the phones of women in his custody—and got three years’ probation. Sean Harrington,…
Former IRS employee pleads guilty to tax fraud
SAN FRANCISCO – Valorie Shaw pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to conspiracy to file false claims. In pleading guilty, Shaw, 38, of Oakland, admitted that for the past three years she was employed as a tax return preparer at “Kwiktax”. Prior to working at Kwiktax, she held a variety of…
Ex-Air Force sergeant pleads guilty to stealing credit cards, personal ID at San Diego bases
How… dishonorable. The AP reports: A retired Air Force senior master sergeant who stole credit cards and identification from dozens of military members in the San Diego area has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Christopher Underwood entered the pleas on Thursday. He could face more than 20 years in federal prison….
In: Registrar’s email hacked, misused on UTD campus
The Free Press Journal reports: Three days after registrar RD Musalgaonkar’s e-mail was allegedly hacked and a letter seeking votes for Congress candidate for Indore mayor’s post – Archana Jaiswal – was sent through it to college principals, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) computer experts traced the terminal used in the malicious act. It’s one of…