WRAL reports: The [North Carolina] State Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested a former Wake County employee accused of accessing hundreds of emails of his one-time boss, Register of Deeds Laura Riddick.Nelish Kumar R. Tailor, 39, of Apex, was charged with 13 counts of accessing government computers. Read more on WRAL.
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UK: Morrisons auditor denies data fraud
ITV has an update on a previously reported breach: A Morrisons employee has denied abusing his position to fraudulently disclose personal data at the Bradford-based supermarket firm. Andrew Skelton, a senior internal auditor, denied charges under the Computer Misuse Act, the Data Protection Act and the Fraud Act. Skelton, 43, from Liverpool, was charged with…
NY: Former Branch Manager Of Bank Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Cashing Over $400,000 In Fraudulently Obtained Tax Refund Checks
Edwin Mejia pled guilty yesterday to participating in a scheme to cash more than $400,000 in fraudulently obtained federal tax refund checks issued in other people’s names. He was arrested in March 2014 and pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer. According to the allegations in the Complaint and Information filed in Manhattan federal court, and statements…
UK: I’ve no regrets, says policeman sacked over ‘Plebgate’ leak
The London Evening Standard reports: A former policeman who was sacked after leaking information to the media about the “Plebgate” row involving Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell has said he would do it all again and has no regrets. James Glanville was sacked from the Metropolitan Police after he leaked information to the Sun newspaper about…
Judicial agents in Costa Rica probed for snooping on personal data of Real Madrid’s Navas
This was originally published almost one month ago, but I just saw it. AP reports: Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department says 24 of its own agents are being investigated after a database was wrongly used to access personal information about Real Madrid and Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas. Francisco Segura, head of the department, said…
Two More Defendants Sentenced In Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Personal Identifying Information From AT&T Customer Files
Monique Smith, 31, of Pompano Beach, and Arrington Basil Segu, 28, of Miami, were sentenced Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke. Smith was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $55,263.45 in restitution. Segu was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three…