Here’s an update to a previously noted insider breach involving a manager at the Thurston branch of Key Bank: KVAL reports Randy Mainwaring was sentenced to 30 months in prison for bank fraud and identity theft.
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CA: Clerk arrested for allegedly leaking confidential, sealed federal files
Rina Palta reports: An FBI undercover officer allegedly bought sealed documents from the court clerk’s husband. Nune Gevorkyan was caught in a sting for allegedly leaking files. According to the FBI, an undercover agent approached Gevorkyan’s husband, Oganes Koshkaryan, about purchasing information from confidential, sealed federal files. Koshkaryan later returned with information on pending arrest…
Georgia Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Crimes
A tax return preparer from Macon, Ga., pleaded guilty Thursday to filing a false claim for tax refund, theft of government money and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue (IRS) announced. According to court documents, Willie C. Grant is a former tax return preparer who used many of his former clients’…
Former Tennessee Tech University employee stole other employees’ information
The Herald-Citizen reports: Tennessee Tech University sent letters to 42 former and current employees yesterday informing them of a security breach related to personal identifying information. Through a cooperative effort between the university and the Cookeville Police Department, Tennessee Tech University learned that alleged criminal acts by a former TTU employee have resulted in unauthorized…
CQ Roll Call and Bloomberg Issue Joint Statement
From their press release: The Economist Group and Bloomberg have discovered that certain former CQ employees now employed by Bloomberg were able to use the log-ins and passwords supplied to them during their employment by CQ to continue to access such information while working for Bloomberg and allowed a small number of other Bloomberg employees…
WI: Former AmericInn employee charged with stealing customers’ info
Vickie Mrotek reports: A 19-year-old Medford man accused of stealing credit card information is now charged with 65 felonies. Investigators say the crimes happened while Nicholas Johnson worked at the AmericInn hotel in Medford late last year. Read more on WSAW.com