George Diepenbrock reports: A 33-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man, who once lived in Lawrence, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for an identity theft scheme in Lawrence and the Kansas City area that totaled more than $78,000. William A. Morris had pleaded guilty in September to one count of aggravated identity theft…
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Albuquerque woman indicated for ID theft affecting dozens
The Associated Press is reporting that Helen Bates of Albuquerque was indicated as part of an ID theft and forgery ring. Documents found at her home included credit cards of 31 people as well as photocopies of checks issued to a gas station where she had worked between October 2005 and October 2007. So far,…
MD: Identity Transplant
Chris Landers reports: Bill Wall is a large man with close-cropped hair and the bearing of a military man, which he is–a major in the Army’s 729th Brigade Support Battalion. His wife Deborah is tiny, blond, and full of an energy that belies the fact that for more than 10 years she has been suffering…
CO: City worker accused of stealing fellow employees’ identities
A Denver city worker will be formally charged this week with 18 counts of identity theft and nine counts of criminal impersonation. Ray Taylor, 36, is also facing one count of theft. The Denver District Attorney’s office says Taylor used the names, birth dates and other personal information of others, including current and former Denver…
Valley National Bank replaces cards after Heartland
When payment processor Heartland Payment Systems announced it had been breached on January 20, management at Valley National Bank in New Jersey went into action. By January 26, they had notified the New York State Attorney General’s Office that they were replacing 20,013 cards as a result of the breach and had kicked into high…
CA: Attorney General Brown Announces Two Arrests in $1.34 Million Medicare Fraud Case
Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the arrests of two individuals who “hatched a scheme” to file false claims under Medicare for medical services that were never performed. “The defendants hatched a scheme to bilk Medicare out of more than a million dollars,” Attorney General Brown said. “They stole the identities of people…