Chicago police have located the hub of an identity theft operation and have arrested the two women coordinating the scheme. Carmencita Kennedy, the reception at Woman to Woman Healthcare on the South Loop, has been charged with organizing a long-term financial crimes enterprise. Police say the 32 year old has stolen the identities of at…
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MN: Allianz temp worker accused of identity theft
Susan Feyder reports: A 30-year-old Minneapolis woman has been accused of using her job as a temporary employee of Allianz Life Insurance Co. to steal the identities of five people in a scheme that resulted in losses of more than $50,000. Monique Fletcher, who worked for from October 2008 until April 2009, is scheduled to…
(follow-up) Former nail salon employee sentenced on credit card fraud
A former employee of a Mason City nail salon has been sentenced to five years in prison on each of two counts of credit card fraud. Nam Huu Nguyen, 37, was charged with three counts of unauthorized use of a credit card and one count of ongoing criminal conduct for allegedly stealing credit card information…
Woman who stole customer account info to fund son’s death row appeal sentenced to prison
Back in October, I noted a somewhat unusual case of a credit union employee who misused customers’ information to take out loans to fund her son’s death row appeal. Yesterday, 47-year-old Nazreen Mohammed was sentenced in Orlando to five years in federal prison and three years of probation for bank fraud and identity theft. She…
PA: Million dollar ID theft operation busted
David Henry reports: The Justice Department says it has busted an identity theft operation that cost a lot of people a lot of money. Investigators say 44-year-old Anthony Williams was the ring leader. A federal indictment charges him and 15 others with a massive identity theft operation that victimized hundreds of people over three years,…
NZ: Policeman’s leak of data breached privacy law
Jared Savage reports: A police officer who leaked secret information to his wife in a bid to win a custody battle with her ex-husband also breached privacy law, a watchdog has ruled. The Herald revealed in February that an internal police investigation found Senior Constable Terry Beatson used the police National Intelligence Application (NIA) to…