The Argus Leader reports: A former Citibank employee accused of stealing customers’ identities has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Terri Jo Huber, 43, of Sioux Falls, was indicted on nine fraud-related counts in August, including bank fraud, identity theft, access device fraud and embezzlement.
Category: Insider
Capital One notifies account holders of insider breach associated with fraudulent charges
Capital One is notifying some credit card customers that they may be at risk of fraudulent charges on their card. In a letter sent to those affected, Douglas Woodward, Vice President of Operations, writes: We believe that a former employee may have improperly accessed your account. While we don’t see any potential fraud on your…
Social Security Customer Service Employee Indicted For Stealing Information And Money From Agency
BIRMINGHAM — December 27. A federal grand jury today indicted a Social Security Administration telephone service center employee for using his position to steal identifying information and benefits from Social Security beneficiaries, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Guy Fallen. A 14-count indictment filed…
WA: Sumner fires temporary court clerk for sending herself city data on 3,600 people
Eager new employee or something nefarious? Hopefully, the former, but in any event, this breach was detected. Kari Plog reports: The city of Sumner has fired a temporary employee after she sent information about 3,600 people, mostly residents, to her personal email. City spokeswoman Carmen Palmer told The News Tribune on Friday that an investigation…
TX: Former Cuero city secretary charged with intercepting police emails
Sonny Long reports: A former Cuero city secretary has been indicted for intercepting police department emails and passing along the information to “people who shouldn’t have it,” said DeWitt County District Attorney Michael Sheppard. Lisa Moravitz, 39, was indicted by a DeWitt County grand jury Dec. 16 and arrested Saturday on two charges of unlawfully…
CN: Gang selling personal information busted
Ke Jiayun reports: A 10-member gang were caught in Beijing and Shanghai for illegally obtaining and selling personal information, with local police saying it had seized data belonging to nearly 1 million people. The gang made over 320,000 yuan (US$52,704) from the illegal dealings. In mid-August this year, a woman filed a complaint claiming her…