An Indio, California man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of misusing customers’ credit card numbers for fraudulent purposes. Vladimir Pustilnikov, 38, claimed to own B&E Appliance Heating and Air Conditioning, but law enforcement said, “The license number he advertised on his service contracts and business cards does not belong to him.” Law enforcement suspects that…
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Senior IT worker at top tech law firm arrested for insider trading
Joe Mullin reports: A senior IT employee with the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has been arrested for grabbing the firm’s confidential client information and using it to trade stocks. FBI agents arrested 41-year-old Dimitry Braverman at his San Mateo, California, home on Tuesday morning, according to a report in the New York Law Journal. He was released…
Va. Shore H&R Block owner pleads guilty to ID theft
Ted Shockley reports: The former owner of four H&R Block tax preparation franchises on the Eastern Shore of Virginia pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to taking personal information from a customer to obtain a line of credit for herself. Sherry R. Kelley, 41, of Exmore, had been indicted on 20 counts of felony…
FL: Two Arrested In Identity Theft And Tax Refund Scheme
Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced the return of an indictment charging two individuals with conspiracy to defraud the United States, multiple counts of aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and access device fraud. Laura Butler (39) and Cherica Daniels (32), both of Jacksonville, were arrested early Thursday morning. According to…
NY A.G. Schneiderman Announces Takedown Of Identity-Theft Ring Targeting Bank Customers Across NYC And Surrounding Counties
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the arrest and indictment of five individuals for running an alleged identity-theft ring targeting customers of local banks. The defendants stole over $850,000 by having bank tellers access and steal personal information of hundreds of unsuspecting customers – account numbers and Social Security numbers, for example – and…
Mississippi woman sentenced for role in stolen identity fraud case
This may be related to another prosecution previously noted on this blog, even though this defendant was not listed as one of the co-conspirators in that case: Ciara Gooden, age 24, of Jackson, was sentenced this week to 30 months for conspiracy to defraud the United States. Gooden previously pled guilty to her role in…