In the justice system: Marsha Billock-Strahm pled not guilty when she appeared in Toledo’s U.S. District Court June 22 to face charges of aggravated identity theft, false credit card applications, identity theft, and theft of mail while she was a rural mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. More. Yi Feng Reid and Yu Jane…
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Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Cathy A. Last was charged with forgery, identity theft and falsifying business records for using another woman’s identity to obtain painkillers and stimulant medications. More. Dawne Flippen was arrested an charged with identity theft, first-degree criminal mistreatmdent, fraudulent use of a credit card and first-degree theft. More. Karen Priscilla Jones pleaded…
Former Mitsubishi UFJ Manager Arrested
Tokyo police Thursday arrested a former manager at a brokerage who was fired for stealing personal data on nearly 1.5 million customers and selling some of the information to mailing list companies. Hideaki Kubo, 44, a former acting manager at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co.’s systems department, has admitted to the allegations of theft and illegal…
NYS Worker Pleads to ID theft
As a follow-up to an insider breach reported in April, Walter Healey, a former employee of New York State’s Department of Taxation and Finance pleaded guilty to stealing the identities of taxpayers and will now have to pay restitution and serve 1 ½ to 4 years in prison upon sentencing in October. AP also provides…
Beam Global reports breach of human resources database
On June 15, attorneys for Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. informed (pdf) the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that there had been unauthorized access of a Human Resources/Payroll database by a former employee back in February. Notification of individuals was delayed reportedly at the request of law enforcement. When it discovered the breach, the…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Desire Gordon was indicted on 67 counts of suspicion of stealing at least 34 identities that she allegedly accessed at her job at an unnamed Waltham-based company. Many of the ID theft victims are doctors. Gordon had access to a large database of health care professionals that contained their personal information….