In the justice system: Jesse Carter and Cherie Hokamura were indicted by a federal grand jury indictment. At the time of their arrest, they were reportedly in possession of counterfeiting equipment, a spreadsheet with 1,279 stolen credit or debit card numbers, and a book that discussed ways of stealing identities. More. Stacy Levette Parker pleaded…
Category: Theft
Government laptops stolen in Belfast
UTV News reports: An urgent investigation has been launched into what material was taken from the corporate human resources offices over the weekend. All the machines were password-protected, marked and serial numbers recorded. Detectives have been called in. A spokesman for the Department of Finance and Personnel said: “In view of the nature of corporate…
UK: Lost laptop exposes thousands of pension records
John Leyden of The Register reports on the latest data protection cockup: A lost laptop containing the personal data of 109,000 Pensions Trust’s members has sparked the latest in a growing list of information security breach alerts. The missing machine was stolen from the offices of NorthgateArinso, suppliers of the Pensions Trust’s computerised pensions administration…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: In Ohio, Glenn E. Spencer Jr., a restaurant worker at N Two Deep Fish & Chicken was arrested and charged with using stolen credit card numbers to steal nearly $5,000. It wasn’t clear whether he stole the numbers from customers or co-workers. More. Thea Ann Coogan of California was sentenced to…
TX: Man sentenced to 25 years for identity-theft scheme
Here’s another case of a stiff sentence for ID theft. Billy Coats was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to fraudulently using or possessing identifying information. At the time of his arrest, Coats was found in possession of more than 200 personal-identification items as well as computer equipment to make fake IDs…
Update: Laptop stolen from UFCW also contained Canadians’ data
Remember that laptop stolen from United Food and Commercial Workers International in March? Some new details are emerging. First, it turns out that Canadians’ details were also on the laptop. Bill Kaufmann of the Calgary Sun reports that a local union president said the laptop contained information on 28,000 Alberta members, including their social insurance…