Teresa Auch Schultz provides the follow-up to a breach previously reported in March: Two women pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing the income tax refunds of dozens of people, some of whom were clients at an H&R Block in East Chicago. Francesca Foster, 33, and Rosetta Yvonne Buchanan, 36, described at their change of plea hearings…
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MI: Federal Investigators Shut Down Identity Theft Ring
A former Newland Medical Center employee was charged Monday with 15 counts of identity theft and criminal enterprise. Camille Butler of Detroit is accused of stealing patient information and giving it to her boyfriend, Artis Cleveland. Investigators said the couple stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise using the stolen identities of cancer…
(follow-up) NC: Ex-pizza parlor owner gets 5 years for identity theft
Mark Pinella, the owner of Dino’s Pizza in Fayettevillewho had been charged in May 2009 with multiple counts of ID theft for skimming his customers’ credit and debit cards, has been sentenced to five years and five months in prison, but given credited for 1 year and 3 months served. He was also ordered to…
NY: 61,001 Stony Brook University IDs Leaked On the Net
Kevin Lizarazo reports: A file containing 61,001 names, including NetIDs and SBU IDs, was leaked on the Internet on Dec. 14., prompting the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) to investigate the incident. Richard W. Reeder, DoIT’s Chief Information Officer, called the disclosure “very irresponsible.” A user posted the file on sbuchat.com, a website described on…
TX: Ex-cons accused of running ID theft ring
Jessica Willey reports: With the arrest of two men, investigators say they have uncovered a major, statewide identity theft ring. Authorities say it wasn’t hard for the two suspects to find their victims. […] Police say [Geoffrey] Wentzel and Richard Conatser, both ex-cons who know each other from prison, ran a far-reaching identity theft ring….
(follow-up) Fired Fannie Mae contractor sentenced to 41 mos. for attempting to destroy all data on servers
U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced computer programmer Rajendrasinh Babubhai Makwana, age 36, of Montgomery County, Maryland, today to 41 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for computer intrusion arising from the transmission of malicious script to Fannie Mae’s computer servers. A federal jury convicted Makwana on October 4, 2010….