Jessica Fargen reports: A former Transportation Security Administration contract worker at Logan International Airport – accused a month ago of stealing co-workers’ personal information and giving it to alleged identity thieves – remains under investigation, authorities said. The TSA and Massachusetts State Police are probing the woman’s alleged role in the successful scheme. No charges…
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(follow-up) Belleville woman sentenced to four years for fraud
A Belleville woman was sentenced Friday to more than four years in federal prison for fraud. Jennifer Lynn Schoenbeck, 31, was convicted of three counts wire fraud, four counts mail fraud and one count aggravated identity theft, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. She pleaded guilty to the charges on June…
Malaysians In Thai Credit Card Scam
D.Arul Rajoo reports: “Next time if you come here, please buy for us soap and tooth paste…it’s a luxury here,” the 32-year-old Yassin (not his real name) said. Just few months back he was riding high, buying expensive jewelry, branded electronic items and dining at some of the best places at Bangkok metropolitan. He is…
8 jailed for personal data scam in S China
A man was sentenced to a year and a half behind bars in the country’s first-known case of violating the security of personal information on Sunday, local media reported Monday. Zhou Jianping, a resident of Zhuhai, Guangdong province, set up a private investigation company in the provincial capital Guangzhou two years ago and sold personal…
TSA turbulence grips Logan, nation
Jessica Fargen reports: A recent data breach at Logan International Airport involving a TSA contract worker, coming amid other high-profile Transportation Security Administration lapses, casts another cloud over a federal agency engulfed in turmoil. In the latest snafu, a Lynn couple is due back in court Wednesday, accused of selling the identities of at least…
Philadelphia woman charged in ID theft ring
On December 14, United States Attorney Michael L. Levy announced the filing of a two-count information (pdf) charging Cursheena Patterson, age 24, of Philadelphia, with one count of conspiracy to commit unauthorized access fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. According to the information, from October through December, 2008, Patterson allegedly obtained the names,…