There is a bizarre story out of China were dozens of Chinese students have seen their future wiped out by the disappearance of their manila folders containing their records. In China, these paper folders follow a student throughout his or her career with every achievement, score, and prospect for a college education. While Chinese officials…
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Credit card blunder not the first transaction error
A Carterton resident caught in a BNZ [Bank of New Zealand] privacy breach says his scrupulous home audits have uncovered similar transaction errors and saved him thousands. The man, who declined to be named, triggered a BNZ blunder after a check of their credit card statement in January revealed a $20 transaction source out of…
Credit industry slow to protect customers from CreditMaster scam
Recent cases in which people have been charged with online fraud for allegedly making purchases with illegally obtained credit card numbers have shed light on the lack of effective measures taken to frustrate the CreditMaster scam used in these incidents, even though the credit card industry was already aware of its existence. The industry is…
Leader of kids’ ID theft ring sentenced
Craig Curtis has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in organizing a mortgage fraud scheme in Texas that used the stolen identities of minors to obtain fraudulent loans. United States District Judge Nancy Atlas sentenced Curtis, of Houston, to 120 months for wire fraud convictions and to a consecutive two-year term…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: A medical student at Saint Joseph College from Nigeria, was charged June 29 in federal court with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft affecting 80 victims. Cambridge police arrested Wayne Deleveaux for using government accounts from Mount Auburn Hospital to fraudulently buy hundreds of BlackBerry Storms last week. He reportedly had…
ID Theft Case in Japan
It’s unusual for me to see an ID theft report coming out of Japan. There was the report last year involving Yahoo! Japan, but other than that, I’m hard-pressed to think of any cases offhand. Today’s Yomiuri Shimbun, however, reports one such case: The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Chizuru Asahi, 21….. She allegedly used other…