Teresa Auch Schultz provides the follow-up to a breach previously reported in March: Two women pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing the income tax refunds of dozens of people, some of whom were clients at an H&R Block in East Chicago. Francesca Foster, 33, and Rosetta Yvonne Buchanan, 36, described at their change of plea hearings…
Category: Theft
MI: Federal Investigators Shut Down Identity Theft Ring
A former Newland Medical Center employee was charged Monday with 15 counts of identity theft and criminal enterprise. Camille Butler of Detroit is accused of stealing patient information and giving it to her boyfriend, Artis Cleveland. Investigators said the couple stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise using the stolen identities of cancer…
TX: Ex-cons accused of running ID theft ring
Jessica Willey reports: With the arrest of two men, investigators say they have uncovered a major, statewide identity theft ring. Authorities say it wasn’t hard for the two suspects to find their victims. […] Police say [Geoffrey] Wentzel and Richard Conatser, both ex-cons who know each other from prison, ran a far-reaching identity theft ring….
Four Texans charged in ID theft scheme involving fingerprint and background security clearance applicants
Four Waco area women have been arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit identity theft in a scheme involving stolen Fingerprint Applicant Services of Texas (FAST) applications required by licensing and certification entities such as the Texas Education Agency. A seven count federal grand jury indictment, returned on Tuesday and unsealed yesterday afternoon, charges 32-year-old Angela Cuellar,…
(follow-up, TX): Man pleads guilty in Emily Morgan Hotel ID theft case
Guillermo Contreras reports: One of the main figures in San Antonio’s largest identity theft case pleaded guilty Thursday. Samuel Micha Dyer entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit ID theft fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Dyer, 28, admitted being part of a ring that stole and used 17,000 credit card receipts and registration documents from…
Wackenhut stolen hard drive contained employee info
On December 9, Wackenhut Services Limited Liability Company notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a hard drive stolen in transit between the firm’s office in Iraq and the firm’s U.S. office contained personal information on past employees, including their first and last names, dates of birth and places of birth, passport numbers, last known…