There’s an update to a Subway breach previously reported here. Jeremy Kirk reports: A former owner of several Subway fast-food restaurants in southern California pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from a gift card scheme that involved tampering with several other Subway stores’ computerized cash registers. Federal prosecutors accused Shahin Abdollahi, 46, of Lake Elsinore, California,…
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Employees steal data to make good impression in a new job
ALex Hamilton reports: Almost all employees that steal data from their companies do so in order to gain headway in their new job. An overwhelming 95 per cent of all the internal data theft is carried out by an employee who wants to get an advantage once they’ve left the firm, according to a report…
FL: Fast-food customers victimized by ID theft, Coral Springs police say
Another case of a McDonald’s employee using a skimmer to swipe customers’ payment card data. Erika Pesantes reports that the employee was recruited via social media, and the recruiter was nabbed via social media: Police say a North Lauderdale man used social media to recruit the restaurant worker to steal financial information using a skimming device. Adrian…
SD: Student charged with hacking into Catholic high school’s network
A 17-year-old student has been charged with hacking into a high school’s computer network, causing the system to shut down, police said. The teenage boy has been charged with felony intentional damage to property after hacking into O’Gorman High School‘s computer network Thursday morning. He was arrested that afternoon, police said. Read more on Argus…
Former Fort Campbell assistant IG pleads guilty to ID theft, bank fraud
Tavia D. Green reports: A Fort Campbell active duty officer entered a guilty plea to stealing the identity of other soldiers, applying for loans and using the money for his personal benefit. James Robert Jones, 43, of Woodlawn, Tennessee pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court Judge Aleta A. Trauger‘s court in connection with a scheme…
FL: Hollywood Man Pleads Guilty In Million Dollar Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Judes Celestin, 36, of Hollywood, pled guilty for his role in an identity theft tax refund scheme that resulted in the receipt of approximately $1 million in…