Marisol Morales, 40, of Philadelphia, was sentenced on March 16 to two years and one day in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft stemming from her role in a scheme that defrauded her employer, Wachovia Bank, of more than $300,000. Morales had pleaded guilty on May 11, 2009 to four counts of aggravated…
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Bank detains customer after his account was used for N3m fraud
A news report from The Nation in Nigeria tells the sad tale of a customer of BankPHB in Nigeria and how he was the victim of rogue bank employees who used his bank account for fraudulent purposes. When the customer tried – repeatedly – to get his account sorted out with bank officials, he wound…
(Update) Birthdates, social security numbers of 45 Eastern Michigan University students stolen
David Jesse has some more details on an Eastern Michigan University breach reported previously on this blog: Forty-five Eastern Michigan University students had their names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers provided to a third party by two student employees, the school said. EMU spokesman Walter Kraft would not say Thursday whether the employees…
Twelve indicted in $10 million bank fraud conspiracy operated by a “network” that included bank employees
A federal indictment unsealed yesterday in St. Paul charges 12 people who reside in Minnesota, California, and New York with orchestrating a $10 million bank fraud conspiracy that featured a network of bank employees and others, operating locally and nationally. What’s notable about this case is that it appeared to be a coordinated ring relying…
Bank employee accused of selling account numbers
Brad Leibowitz reports: A bank employee is under arrest after police charged her with selling account numbers of customers. On Feb. 28, police department officers arrested TD Bank of Elmwood Park employee Davasia Williamson, 22, of Bogota, in connection with the selling of private bank account numbers. According to police reports, Williamson was selling personal…
Students’ info lifted, provided to third party
Katrease Stafford reports: Eastern Michigan University is investigating two former student employees who are believed to have taken personal identifiable information of approximately 45 students and improperly provided it to a third party. The data was taken from student records the former student employees had access to during the course of their employment. The University…