Hawaii Reporter reports: Tori Samiere, who was arraigned in First Circuit Court on Monday, June 9, on four counts of theft, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Samiere, 54, is accused of conspiring with Sadie Jane Groy, 30, to steal the credit card numbers of several clients of Hawaii’s largest daily paper, the Honolulu Star Advertiser. Groy…
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Former IRS Employee Sentenced in Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Scheme
Michael Cohn reports: A former Internal Revenue Service employee has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison in connection a tax fraud and identity theft scheme. Missy A. Sledge, 47, was employed for 12 years by the IRS. According to prosecutors, she worked with other criminals who would file fraudulent tax returns…
Former restaurant employee charged with stealing customer info
Hospitality sector continues to pose a huge risk to the security of our payment card info, and insiders are often involved: A former restaurant employee is accused of stealing customers’ credit card information then using it to pay her own bills. Authorities charged Jolene Weisheit with fraud. Investigators say she used to work at the…
Former Washington State Employee Used Confidential Database To Commit Identity Theft
Associated Press reports: The Washington attorney general’s office has filed charges against a former state employee accused of using confidential state databases to commit identity theft and steal unclaimed property. The state charged Timothy Darrell Fultz on Wednesday with multiple counts of theft, money laundering and computer trespass. He is accused of taking more than…
Home Depot reports another insider breach
Home Depot seems to be having a rough year with dishonest employees. In February, this site reported that some employees had been charged with stealing co-workers’ personal information. Over 1200 were notified in California. Now Home Depot has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that between May 7 – May 21, an employee was…
IT pro gets 4 years in prison for sabotaging ex-employer’s system
Chris Kanaracus reports the follow-up to a case noted previously on this blog involving a disgruntled EnerVest employee: A former network engineer for oil and gas company EnerVest has been sentenced to four years in federal prison after pleading guilty in January to sabotaging the company’s systems badly enough to disrupt its business operations for a month….