Owens F. Shepard, a former Penfield Central School District employee, was arrested Friday on charges of using the district’s state Department of Motor Vehicles account to illegally access nearly 150 records. A news release said Shepard illegally accessed the account between June 2007 and May of this year, “including searches apparently done for the sake…
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Bits n’ Pieces
In the justice system: Richard J. Berger has been sentenced to for 13 months and ordered to repay about $130,000 after admitting that he illegally accessed insurance company computers at The Hartford and Sunlife Financial in a scheme to steal annuity clients. More. Julia Caldwell and Jacqueline Colbert, both Taco Bell of Laurel employees, have…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Federal prosecutors in Virginia have leveled conspiracy and bank-fraud charges against the alleged leader and nine members of a national organization of high-tech pickpockets called “Cannon to the Wiz” that’s been the scourge of police around the country since at least early 2007. Personal info on over 120 victims was found…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Eight people involved in a credit card-skimming scheme which netted more than $700,000 from customers of Washington D.C. restaurants pleaded guilty to charges including bank fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. More. Also see USAO Eastern Virginia press release. (Previous coverage here) Winnipeg Police have charged Mcena Ijaz with…
Crawford & Company employee pleads guilty to stealing claimants’ personal information
Last week, I posted a copy of a press release from the US Attorney’s Office in Maryland stating that Shanell Angelia Bowser had pleaded guilty to stealing personally identifying information of insurance claimants submitted to her employer, described as an unnamed medical insurance adjuster. The release also mentioned that Bowser and/or her co-schemers had also…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Tamra Williams and Destiny Barron are accused of stealing and using the credit card information of customers at a Valdosta Applebee’s restaurant, where Williams was employed. More. Marla A. Arinze, a St. Louis police officer who resigned while under investigation, was sentenced to probation and 40 hours of community service for…