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…
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3 Puerto Rican men arrested for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft
Three Puerto Rican men indicted for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft where arrested Friday following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigation. According to the ICE investigation, Harry Maysonet, Angel Jimenez and Carlos Velez De Jesus, enriched themselves with monies illegally obtained from the Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PFCU) by submitting fraudulent automobile…
UK To Acquire Stolen Private Banking Data Of HSBC In Switzerland
Tom Burroughes reports: The UK government is to acquire the Swiss bank account details of up to 6,600 wealthy UK citizens suspected of evading tax after information was stolen from HSBC’s private bank in Switzerland by a software engineer, the Sunday Times (of London) reported. The report comes shortly after it was reported that the…
‘Customer data from Vodafone, Unitymedia was stolen – report’
Customer data of Vodafone Germany and German cable network operator Unitymedia have been sold on the black market by dubious call centres, according to German magazine Capital citing from the investigation files of the state prosecutor’s office in Bonn. The stolen data concerns several thousands of customers. State prosecutor Fred Apostel confirmed that several telecom…
State leads investigation of sheriff’s deputy alleged to have taken reports, data
Elizabeth Larson reports: A Lake County Sheriff’s deputy is the subject of an ongoing investigation involving the alleged theft of documents and massive amounts of protected data, surveillance of fellow deputies and allegations that he posted an investigative report on the Internet because of political motivations. Dariush Michael Morshed, 48, is at the center of…
TD Bank worker charged with fraud
Jim Walsh reports: A former switchboard operator for TD Bank in Mount Laurel provided customer information to accomplices who withdrew more than $200,000 from victims’ accounts, federal authorities say. Talayah Little, 26, of Hainesport, conspired with a co-worker to obtain computerized customer data, such as account and driver’s license numbers, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office…