Willy Toussaint, 43, of Lauderhill, Florida, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom to 46 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release stemming from his convictions to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349, and two counts of…
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MO: Kansas man pleads guilty to using skimmer to steal credit card numbers at Missouri Taco Bell
Associated Press reports: A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to stealing credit card information while he worked at a Taco Bell in Belton, Missouri. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release that 32-year-old Yao Vignon Kpade, of Overland Park, Kansas, pleaded guilty Monday to electronic device fraud. Read more on The Republic.
CA: Former Military Reservist, Relative Plead to Identity Theft Scam Exceeding $215,000
Two men, including a former military reservist who stole the identities of fellow soldiers while stationed overseas, pleaded no contest today for their involvement in an identity theft scam totaling more than $215,000 in losses, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Warren Kato of the High Tech Crime Division said…
IE: Alan Shatter begins appeal over Data Commissioner finding
RTÉ News reports: Former Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has begun an appeal against a decision of the Data Protection Commissioner that he breached the Data Protection Act. The Commissioner found Mr Shatter breached the act by disclosing information about Independent TD Mick Wallace on RTÉ’s Prime Time programme last year. Lawyers for the former…
MD: IRS employee not guilty of inadvertent disclosures
There’s an update on a breach first disclosed in March that involved an IRS employee who took data with home and uploaded it to his unsecured home network, where it was discovered by a security firm. It seems that the employee had subsequently been charged criminally in the breach, but has been found not guilty. Jim McElhatton…
MN: Data breach suspected at Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office
Sarah Stultz reports: Freeborn County administration is investigating a suspected data breach within law enforcement, according to Administrator John Kluever. He said he and other information technology staff are looking into the possibility that someone was unnecessarily viewing open investigation files and disseminating parts of those files in the public. He declined to comment on…