AP reports: The manager of a St. Louis public housing complex has been indicted on two felony charges for allegedly conspiring to steal Social Security numbers and other personal information from prospective tenants. Federal prosecutors say 42-year-old Marsha Harrington worked with co-defendants Calvin Shaw and Larry Corner to use the stolen information to file false tax returns. Harrington is manager of the Clinton-Peabody housing…
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OR: Central City Concern admits some fault after clients’ data stolen
KOIN reports: The executive director of Central City Concern (CCC) admitted Tuesday more could have been done to protect personal information that a former employee is now accused of stealing as part of a scheme to file fake tax returns. “I think we should have done more at that point,” said CCC Executive Director Ed…
VA: Restaurant worker arrested for skimming credit cards
WUSA reports: Authorities say a restaurant worker was charged with credit card fraud and identity theft after a customer saw him do something suspicious with his credit card. According to Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office officials, 22-year-old Yaoliang Gao of New York was working at the Moca Asian Bistro in the Eastern Marketplace Plaza when he…
IN: Employee defection sparks battle between brokerages
Chris O’Malley reports: A legal battle has broken out between two insurance brokerages, with Hylant Group alleging Huntington Insurance hired one its former employees who then lured away two of its clients. Toledo,Ohio-based Hylant, which has offices in Carmel, alleges former employee Nicholas Iaonnacci, of Indianapolis, violated a two-year non-compete clause of his employment agreement…
FL: Former National Fast Food Restaurant Chain Employee And Co-Defendant Plead Guilty In Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme
Tekia Jones, 37, of Hallandale, and Ivory Covington, 29, of Miami, each pleaded guilty in federal court in Florida to one count of access device fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(3), and one count of aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028A(a)(1). Sentencing is scheduled…
FL: Victoria’s Secret clerk stole tourists’ credit-card information, cops say
Susan Jacobson reports: A clerk at an Orlando Victoria’s Secret outlet store used a skimmer to steal tourists’ credit-card information and then sell it, federal prosecutors allege. Between Nov. 29 and April 3, the woman hid the skimmer under her skirt at Orlando Premium Outlets on International Drive and swiped customers’ cards before running them through the cash register,…