Craig Harris reports: The statewide trust that manages pensions for police officers, firefighters, politicians and corrections officers notified its members and their employers this week of a potential security breach even though trust managers have known about the issue since last fall. Christa Severns, a spokeswoman for the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System, said Friday…
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FL: Three Jailed for role in tax refund fraud scheme using prisoners’ identity info
Jeff Goldman reports that Rodney St. Fleur’s (aka Rodney Saintfleur) co-conspirators have been sentenced for their roles in the tax refund fraud scheme: Frantz Pierre, 34, Terry Pierre, 29, and Christmanie Bissainthe, 33, were recently sentenced to prison for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund (SIRF) scheme involving approximately $2.2 million in fraudulent…
Pharmacy benefits management firm notifies clients’ employees whose data were stolen by employee for tax refund fraud (update1)
Tampa-based My Matrixx provides pharmacy and ancillary services for workers’ compensation programs. In November 2013, they were contacted by federal law enforcement and notified that a former employee of theirs in Florida was under investigation for filing fraudulent tax returns. By that time, the employee was no longer in their employ, but they were asked not…
NY: Another arrest in Golden Town Buffet skimming case
Albany Times Union reports the latest development in a card skimming case that affected customers at the Golden Town Buffet last summer; A Manhattan man was arrested in an investigation into credit-card skimming at a Glenmont restaurant, town police said Thursday. In August, authorities used a search warrant at Golden Town Buffet on Route 9W as…
Ex-Miami cop gets 12 years for ID theft, tax fraud
There’s another update to a case involving corrupt Miami law enforcement officers previously covered on this blog. Jay Weaver of the Miami Herald recently reported that Malinsky Bazile was sentenced to 12 years in prison for stealing hundreds of people’s names from a Florida driver’s license database to score $140,000 in fraudulent income-tax refunds (h/t, eSecurityPlanet).
Paragon Benefits employee pleads guilty to stealing TSYS and Kelley Mfg. employee data
Brittany Dionne reports the update to a case previously noted on this blog: The man accused of identity theft of more than 5,000 people at TSYS has pleaded guilty. Drew Johnson pleaded guilty to Unlawful Transfer and Possession or Use of a Means of Identification this morning at the federal courthouse in Columbus. The 26-year-old…