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Eight Defendants Plead Guilty in Los Angeles in Armenian Power Gang Case

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Dissent

Oh what a very tangled web we weave… Four members and associates of the Armenian Power gang and four other individuals pleaded guilty late yesterday to charges relating to the activities of the Armenian Power criminal enterprise, including racketeering conspiracy, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, drug trafficking, and illegal possession of firearms. The following defendants…

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NYC: Two Pret A Manger workers in Chelsea stole 100 customers’ information using credit card skimmers: officials

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Dissent

Shayna Jacobs reports: Two ex-employees at Pret A Manger allegedly took a big bite out of customer’s wallets. Nigel McCollum, 22, and his gal pal Lenica Greene, 23, were hit with a massive indictment for stealing the identities of at least 100 customers through credit card skimmers, Manhattan prosecutors said Wednesday. Read more on NY…

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How much did that meal really cost you?

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Dissent

Some days, it’s just disheartening how little progress we seem to have made in preventing some of the most common types of breaches. Today’s example is from Glenmont, New York:  … everybody who has eaten at the Golden Town Buffet since June 15th through August 5th and used either a credit or debit card to…

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Seven sentenced for skimming 175 Chicago-area restaurant customers’ credit and debit cards

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Dissent

Sven defendants who illegally obtained personal banking information from patrons visiting Chicago area restaurants and attractions, including Wrigley Field and the Magnificent Mile’s RL Restaurant were sentenced today. Defendants Joseph Woods, Britain E. Woods, Alex Houston, Jenette Farrar, Essence S. Houston, Kenyetta Davis and William Washington pled guilty and were sentenced for “skimming” personal banking…

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Steakhouse Data-Theft Leader Gets As Much as 13 1/2 Years

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Dissent

Just to follow-up on previously reported breaches: The leader of a ring of waiters who copied customer credit cards at New York steakhouses including Smith & Wollensky and the Capital Grille so accomplices could buy luxury goods was ordered to go to prison for as long as 13 1/2 years. Luis “Damian” Jacas, 42, oversaw…

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NYC: 7 Indicted In Credit Card Fraud Scheme At Midtown Parking Garage

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Dissent

CBS News reports: Seven people were indicted Wednesday on charges of stealing credit card information from customers at the Midtown parking garage. The defendants were accused of using credit card-skimming devices to steal account information from the Eastway Tenant Parking Garage on West 49th Street, and creating counterfeit cards to buy Apple products at the…

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