Michelle Hunter reports: Kenner police have arrested a Metairie woman on charges of stealing identity information from more than 15 residents at a retirement home and using it to open credit card and bank accounts. Authorities had been looking for Kayla Bradley, 23, for almost two years, said Lt. Brian McGregor, spokesman for the Police…
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TX: Home Depot IT employee stole 36,000 customers’ credit card numbers
KXAN reports: A Round Rock man is going to federal prison for stealing credit card information from customers at Home Depot. Prosecutors say Daniel Marquardt worked in the IT department for The Home Depot in Austin. Investigators say he stole credit card info from more than 36,000 customers, then tried to sell it online. Marquardt…
Palatine Police Charge Fremd Student For Allegedly Sending Offensive Email
From the no-surprise-there-dept.: An 18-year-old Fremd High School senior from Schaumburg was charged by Palatine police today (Friday) with misdemeanor disorderly conduct for sending an offensive email. According to police, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, an email message containing an offensive image was sent to student email accounts at both Fremd and Palatine high schools. Police…
Florida Man Sentenced In Identity Theft Scheme Using Inmate and Lexis Customer Information
A St. Lucie County resident was sentenced to 70 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Patrick J. Ward previously pled guilty to one count of possessing fifteen or more access devices and one count of aggravated identity theft. According to court documents, during a search warrant of Ward’s residence, law enforcement recovered…
FL: Identity Thief Sentenced To More Than Ten Years In Federal Prison
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…
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….