Two Phoenix men are accused of stealing thousands of American Express card numbers and swindling more than a million dollars from customers. Timothy Curley, of Phoenix, is at the center of the Secret Service investigation. […] Police discovered during their investigation that Curley had not only worked as a computer database analyst for American Express,…
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Bluegrass CU loan officer sentenced
The United States Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation jointly announced that a loan officer in Ashland was sentenced on July 6 for using a scheme to embezzle more than $165,000 from her employer. Crystal Smith, 36, of Greenup, Ky. was sentenced to 57 months in prison by United States District Court Judge…
Suncoast Schools FCU reports second breach
Back in June, I mentioned a somewhat puzzling breach report from Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union. But now there’s a second breach report involving the credit union. I wish the reporter had asked them if they are still sure that the breach they reported in June was Heartland-related or if perhaps it’s due to this…
LOC ID Thief Sentenced to Prison
As an update to a story first reported in December 2008, the Associated Press is reporting that Labiska Gibbs, who enlisted her cousin, William Sinclair Jr., to help steal the identities of 13 Library of Congress employees, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Sinclair was sentenced in May to three years’…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: A federal jury convicted Ronald Luis Bradshaw, a physician assistant, for his role in a $7.7 million Medicare fraud scheme. He was found guilty on all charged counts, including conspiracy to commit health care fraud, multiple counts of health fraud and aggravated identity theft for prescribing medically unnecessary durable medical equipment…
State Employee Accused of Misusing Database
It’s not the first time, but now another Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation employee has been implicated in misusing the state database. James Nash reports in today’s Columbus Dispatch that Tonya Claborn, a fraud investigator for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, misused confidential state databases to identify the person with whom she had been…