World Radio Switzerland reports: Swiss prosecutors say they are now investigating three people in connection with the theft of data at Swiss private bank Julius Bär [Baer]. Until now, the only suspect who has been arrested, is a former employee of the bank. He is alleged to have sold a CD containing the stolen bank…
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Verizon staff arrested for stealing customer’s nude pics
Iain Thomson reports: Two Verizon staffers are under indictment for allegedly stealing nude photographs from an attractive female customer’s phone and passing them around. According to the gendarmes, the two men worked at a Verizon store in Bartow, Florida, where one, Joshua Stuart, 24, helped a nubile local waitress transfer her data from her old…
Former State Department Employee Pleads Guilty To Federal Charge in Identity Theft Scam
Rodney P. Quarles, Jr., 26, of Charlotte Hall, Md., pled guilty yesterday to a federal charge stemming from an identity theft scam in which he and others used stolen credit cards to make more than $70,000 in purchases. According to a statement of offense, signed by the defendant as well as the government, Quarles worked…
MT: Two employees charged with stealing credit card info from Helena restaurant
Melissa Anderson reports another instance of an insider breach in the hospitality sector: Two men made their initial appearance in a Helena courtroom on Thursday, accused of stealing credit card numbers from customers at the L&D Chinese Buffet. […] The two men, who worked at the restaurant at the time of the alleged crimes, are…
Duquesne Light notifying 20,000 customers after employee “mishandled” their data
Ah… another media report of a breach that leaves me scratching my head. Margaret Harding reports: Duquesne Light Co. is notifying thousands of customers that an employee mishandled their personal information. There is no evidence anyone used the information illegally, but the company will offer two years of free credit monitoring to 20,000 of its…
Former Personal Banker Pleads Guilty in Bank Fraud Case, Admits Sharing Personal Information of Account-Holders
LeRoy Brown, a former personal banker from Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit bank fraud for his role in an identity theft scheme involving $121,400 in forged checks, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced. Brown, 32, pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Honorable John…