Bill McAuliffe reports: Three Twin Cities restaurant workers and four alleged accomplices are facing federal bank fraud charges of capturing the credit card information of local diners and using it to make at least $150,000 in purchases for themselves. The seven were charged by an indictment unsealed Tuesday in federal district court in St. Paul….
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AIB tells tribunal employee dismissed for accessing accounts
Genevieve Carbery reports: Unauthorised access to the bank accounts of 13 employees and three customers by a former Allied Irish Banks worker was “absolutely not” acceptable, a senior AIB manager said yesterday. Former AIB Capital Markets employee Brian Purcell (38), from Dublin, was dismissed in April 2009 after the bank discovered he had accessed the…
U.K. detective fined £4,000 for disclosing police data
A North Wales police detective has been fined £4,000 and ordered to pay £1,000 costs after disclosing police information to a suspected criminal. Vaughan Roberts, from Rhos on Sea, Conwy, accessed information about a friend on the police computer, Caernarfon Crown Court heard. Roberts, who was convicted of two offences earlier this month, had accepted…
OH: Woman Charged With Stealing ID of Job-Seekers
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a woman preyed on people who were down on their luck and looking for work. On Wednesday, prosecutors announced charges against Chantay Ware, 26. Ware was indicted on one count each of access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to investigators, Ware worked for HMS Host, which operated the…
Fine for Edinburgh data snooping policeman
A police officer who admitted snooping through the force computer and obtaining personal data about people has been fined £4,800. Pc Adrian Merron, 46, was due to stand trial on a total of 58 charges. But the Lothian and Borders officer admitted 10 charges and the Crown accepted not guilty pleas to the rest. Six…
Swiss Bank Data Studied by Baden-Wuerttemberg for $1 Billion in Unpaid Tax
Patrick Donahue reports: German authorities in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg are examining tax information offered by an informant detailing what may be illicit funds stashed in Swiss accounts, though they said they won’t buy stolen data. Finance Ministry officials in the southwestern region received an offer from an informant who claimed to have information on…