A Wells Fargo Bank employee working inside a bank call center was arrested Friday for accessing customer accounts and taking money out, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Ronita Prasad, 28, of Antelope gained access to customer accounts through a protected system without authorization. She used customer account access to pay her own debts, open…
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Bits ‘n Pieces
Alpha Daye Bah was arrested last week on charges that he stole at least 20 customers’ data from an unnamed restaurant and passed it to co-conspirators. More. Jason Reed and Derek Edwards were arrested for conspiracy to commit identity theft. Following a — wait for it — traffic stop, the officers found stolen credit cards…
Amex cardholders’ data stolen by employee
A lot of sites are posting a news story with almost no details involving American Express. From what I read elsewhere about the notification, this is likely the incident that was reported here last month.
Miami-Dade Schools employee faces fraud charges
Roshell Demps was hired to help Miami-Dade Schools personnel obtain their employee benefits…. Authorities say Demps used one employee’s personal information to open a credit card account — and then went on a spending spree. […] Most recently, [Demps] worked in the office that oversees healthcare benefits, life insurance and workers compensation. When authorities went…
Stolen IDs help man pay for penis and breast enlargements
A Philadelphia man who authorities say stole the identities of eight Lehigh Valley residents and racked up $88,000 of bills in their names — some of which was used to buy penis enlargements for him and a friend and breast implants for two women — has pleaded guilty to more than 40 crimes, according to…
Memorial Hermann worker convicted
Nakeshia Brown, aka Nakeshia Green, 30, of Rosenberg, has been convicted of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft arising from the theft of personal identifying information from the medical records of patients admitted to a Houston area hospital, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. At a hearing today before United States District Judge David…