As a follow-up to a case reported in March: The mastermind behind a credit card skimming scheme was sentenced to seven years in prison for racking up more than $800,000 on cards stolen from Washington-area diners. Joseph A. Bush III, 29, also was ordered to pay $815,000 in restitution that prosecutors said the gang stole…
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Exclusive private jet service’s former employees arrested for stealing client lists and financial data
The superstar clients of an exclusive private jet service may have had sensitive financial data stolen earlier this year by two company employees in Boca Raton who made off with client lists and banking information, police say. Boca Raton cops have arrested the two former employees of Halcyon Jets, a top-tier aircraft services broker that…
8 indicted in $22m fraud against AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile
An indictment was unsealed in Brooklyn federal court this morning charging Courtney Beckford, Gabe Beizem, Rawl Davis, Lennox Lambert, Marsha Montayne, Saul Serrano, Ron Shealey, and Rohan Stewart, with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. Beizem, Montayne, and Stewart were also charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The charges were announced…
Gonzalez: The Al Capone Of Cyber Thieves?
Evan Schuman and Fred J. Aun have a well-written commentary on the recent indictment of Albert Gonzalez and two unnamed co-conspirators that highlights the questions left unanswered by the indictment, and the apparent contradictions between statements made. As one example, they write: For example, 7-Eleven is a new name in the breach circle, and the…
Hackers break into police computer as sting backfires
An Australian Federal Police boast, on the ABC’s Four Corners program, about officers breaking up an underground hacker forum, has backfired after hackers broke into a federal police computer system. Security consultants say police appear to have been using the computer as a honeypot to collect information on members of the forum but the scheme…
Radisson breach affects N. American guests
The Associated Press has an item about Radisson Hotels & Resorts notifying guests of a breach that involved their credit card numbers. And I see that on Radisson’s site, they have posted a letter to guests: Radisson values your business and respects the privacy of your information, which is why we wish to inform you…