Martin Robinson Bowling, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced (pdf) to three years in prison for computer fraud in November 2008, is now facing embezzlement and identity theft charges. Bowling, whose sentence had been reduced to probation, is one of five people charged in unrelated id theft charges. According to a news story filed by…
Category: Theft
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Swedish police are increasingly certain that two Romanian nationals arrested in Hungary are the masterminds behind the widespread credit card scam which recently hit residents in Malmö in southern Sweden. Hundreds of residents in Malmö have complained of credit card fraud; half of them after using an unnamed Shell gas station….
Francis Howell SD laptop stolen
The Francis Howell School District [in Missouri] is warning employees that a laptop computer theft could have compromised personal information. District spokeswoman Jennifer Gasper said the computer could have contained names and Social Security numbers for 1,700 noncertified employees. Anyone who worked for the district from 2005 through 2008 could be affected, she said. Read…
UK govt departments reveal laptop losses
Ministers have revealed the number of laptops lost or stolen from their departments, with the Department for Work and Pensions mislaying 41 laptops last year. Work and pensions minister Jim Knight said that out of around 9,700 laptops used by his department and its agencies, 41 were lost or stolen in 2008. The figure shows…
More breaches we didn’t read about
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office web site update reveals a number of breaches in the past few months that were never reported in the media. In addition to other news items reported earlier today on this site, here are some more newly revealed breaches: Pension Fund of the U.S.W.U. Local No. 74 reported that in…
LPL Financial reports theft of computers
LPL Financial (formerly known as Linsco/Private Ledger Corp) has had a number of data breaches in the past few years, most of which never get reported in the media. Two more have just come to light. In one newly revealed incident, two desktop computers were stolen from the office of Sullivan and Schlieman Wealth Management,…