This is the second relatively light sentence I’ve seen this week for identity-theft related cases. The first was a nurse in Colorado, now this one from Georgia. Caitlin Mullen reports: A DeKalb man charged with identity theft and deceptive practices was sentenced Wednesday to 60 months of probation. Edward McGee, 21, of the 1400 block…
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Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union notifies hundreds of insider breach – without telling them what happened?
USB ports are so convenient… and such a risk. Lowell, Massachusetts-based Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a breach that occurred when an employee voluntarily left her employ on December 27, 2010 and took some files with her on a USB drive. She reportedly planned to use the forms…
TX: Teacher’s aide fired, NISD makes changes after alleged ID theft
Lauren Lea reports: Northside Independent School District fired an instructional assistant charged with identity theft, and the district is now making changes within. 25-year-old Jason Miller was let go Thursday, two days after his arrest. Inside Miller’s apartment, Live Oak Police found a stack of forms used to authorize criminal background checks for district volunteers…
CO: Former police chief accused of ID theft
Associated Press reports: The former police chief in Platteville is accused of using Social Security numbers from fellow police officers to buy gas for his personal vehicle. Classy. Read more on The Gazette.
Nelnet employee accused of misusing customer info
Federal prosecutors have charged a Nelnet [National Education Loan Network] employee with fraud after she allegedly used customers’ information to apply for personal loans. Jovita D. Benford, 23, of Lincoln was charged with unauthorized computer access Monday in U.S. District Court. A screen recording of her computer by Nelnet found she completed pre-paid credit card applications…
NJ: Four charged with stealing identities; two were DMV employees
Two state motor vehicle clerks and two businessmen from Burlington County have been charged with stealing identities from government records and selling them for as little as $200. Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph L. Bocchini, Jr. announced the arrests yesterday, saying the busts were the result of seven-month investigation at two New Jersey Motor Vehicles Commission…