A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., returned an indictment charging Harvey James for using stolen identities to file false tax returns, the Justice Department the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced yesterday. The 34-count indictment charges James with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to the indictment, Harvey James obtained stolen identities from individuals…
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Executive Recruiter David Nosal Convicted of Computer Intrusion and Trade Secret Charges
David Nosal, an executive recruiter based in San Francisco, was convicted of all charges in a six-count Indictment by a federal jury today, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. The jury found that Nosal had conspired to gain unauthorized access to the computer system of his former employer, the executive search firm Korn/Ferry International, and…
Justice Institute employee sues ICBC for privacy breach that allegedly led to her vehicle torched, bullets fired at home
I had described it as what might be the worst – or one of the worst – breaches of 2011. An unnamed employee of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) had allegedly accessed information on over 60 people and passed the information along to an unidentified man. At least 13 students associated with the college…
Seven sentenced for skimming 175 Chicago-area restaurant customers’ credit and debit cards
Sven defendants who illegally obtained personal banking information from patrons visiting Chicago area restaurants and attractions, including Wrigley Field and the Magnificent Mile’s RL Restaurant were sentenced today. Defendants Joseph Woods, Britain E. Woods, Alex Houston, Jenette Farrar, Essence S. Houston, Kenyetta Davis and William Washington pled guilty and were sentenced for “skimming” personal banking…
Husband and wife sentenced in tax refund fraud scheme in Florida
Douglas Michael Young (a/k/a “Douglas Pierre”) and Nicole Young (a/k/a “Nicole Pierre” and “Nicole Pierre Smith”) were sentenced Thursday for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund scheme. They had previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to steal government property, one count of theft of government property, and one count of aggravated identity…
Former employee who sold firm’s databases on eBay found guilty of database rights infringement
Out-Law.com reports: A man who sold databases belonging to a former employer on eBay has been found guilty of database rights infringement. The High Court also found the man who purchased the databases, and the woman who subsequently marketed them for sale to others, guilty of database rights infringement. The employee, referred to as ‘Mr Wall’…