The Associated Press reports on an ID theft ring in Chicago that targeted medical records to obtain information with which they could get credit cards: Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says the ring charged more than $300,000 to the credit accounts of 245 victims. Dart says one suspect worked for a janitorial service that cleaned…
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State Department Employee Sentenced for Illegally Accessing Confidential Passport Files
A State Department employee was sentenced today to 12 months of probation for illegally accessing more than 60 confidential passport application files, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division announced. Debra Sue Brown, 47, of Oxon Hill, Md., was also ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola in the District of…
ID theft scam: 2 accused of stealing $289K in tax refunds
Serena Daniels reports: Two women pocketed nearly $300,000 in state and federal tax returns after stealing the identities of more than 60 customers of an Indiana H & R Block branch, federal prosecutors say. The alleged scheme was uncovered after Rosetta Buchanan, 35, and Francesca Foster, 32 — an H & R Block worker —…
State Agency ID Theft May Affect 11,000
The following news report on a breach involving a Connecticut state agency seems to be equating theft of PII with identity theft, a problem we’ve seen all too many times, although there may be cases of ID theft associated with this breach. On Monday, Office of Policy Management Secretary Robert Genuario announced that as many…
Airport Worker Accused Of “Skimming” Credit Cards
CBS4 reports that an Orlando International Airport parking garage worker was skimming customers’ credit cards and then giving the info over to her boyfriend: On Friday police moved in an arrested 43-year-old Susanna Harutyunya. She now faces three counts of fraud. The thefts were discovered in December when a CitiBank investigator found that 17 separate…
New victims sought in ID theft probe
City News Service reports: Sheriff’s detectives investigating an identity theft case involving a Valencia laboratory publicized the crime Wednesday in the hope of finding other victims and suspects. All of the victims identified so far had done business with Specialty Laboratories at 27027 Tourney Road, according to Sgt. Darren Harris of the sheriff’s Santa Clarita…