Sherelle Pratt, 49, of Philadelphia, was charged by Indictment, unsealed this week, with filing false tax returns, aiding and assisting other individuals in preparing and filing false tax returns, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft. According the Indictment Pratt is an IRS employee. Pratt, according to the indictment, is alleged to have prepared…
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TX: Seven Metroplex Residents Charged In ID Theft Conspiracy
A total of seven metroplex residents have been charged in a 13-count superseding indictment, with various offenses related to an identity theft scheme they ran from October 2009 to July 2013, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. In addition to each being charged with one count of conspiracy to…
IL: Arby’s employee accused of stealing credit card info
Rachel Cromidas reports: A Niles Arby’s employee was arrested Saturday after he was accused of stealing credit card information from the sandwich chain’s customers. Angle Cruz, 24, of the 800 block of North Mozart Avenue, was arrested late Saturday night in the South Loop on charges of using stolen credit card account information to spend…
UK: Police censured for data breaches
Hundreds of police staff, including high-ranking officers, have been censured for breaching data protection laws – from snooping on their children and ex-wives, to social media gaffes. And in one case, a Pc got into hot water after wrongly telling family members that a loved one had died. Others breached data protection regulations to access…
Update2: Home Depot notifying over 1,200 in California as investigation into insider breach continues
An insider breach at Home Depot that I reported last week had reportedly affected 300 employees. But in a letter sent today to the California Attorney General’s Office, lawyers for Home Depot explain that that they are now sending notifications to 1,246 employees and job applicants in California as well as 11 employees in California…
Home Depot corporate employees charged with stealing co-workers’ personal info [updated]
Rachel Stockman reports: The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a security breach at Atlanta-based Home Depot’s corporate headquarters. According to a criminal complaint, three human resources employees were arrested after accessing employees’ confidential information and opening fraudulent credit cards. […] Home Depot has notified the affected employees and is offering free credit monitoring. Read more…