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Category: U.S.

A 2011 breach rears its ugly head again?

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Dissent

It seems that everywhere I go, I stumble over breaches that I didn’t know about. Today, something on Findlaw showed up in searches. It said: I am unfortunately a victim of identity theft as of 2014. I just found out about it in february of 2015. Luckily for me the thieves did not do too…

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IN: Prosecutor: Some Warrick child support files affected by virus

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Dissent

Richard Gootee reports: Warrick County Prosecutor Michael Perry announced that some of the county’s child support files were affected by a computer virus last year, which was before Perry took office. Perry laid blame for an alleged subsequent coverup of the incident at the feet of his predecessor — Jo Ann Krantz, whom Perry beat…

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Compass Group USA notifies consumers of NEXTEP-related payment card breach

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Dissent

As noted previously on this site, Point-Of-Sale (POS) vendor NEXTEP confirmed that they were investigating a potential breach after being notified by law enforcement that some of its customer locations had been compromised in a potentially wide-ranging credit card breach. Brian Krebs broke the story, here. Today, Compass Group USA submitted a copy of an April 16th notification…

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California Ex-Con Pleads Guilty of $220,000 Income Tax ID Theft Fraud

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Dissent

Cathy Locke reports that Edwin Ludwig IV, 34, a former inmate of the California Correctional Center in Susanville, has pleaded guilty to obtaining the personal information of other inmates to enable others to obtain fraudulent tax refunds. Read more on CPA Practice Advisor. A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office does not clearly indicate whether the…

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IL: Former Miami-Dade prison guard sentenced to 3 years for stolen identity refund fraud using inmates’ information

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Dissent

A former Miami Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation prison guard was sentenced  to 36 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Norgle for his role in a scheme involving theft of prison inmates’ identities which were used to file false tax returns. Cornelius Crumity pleaded guilty in May, 2014 to one…

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FL: Numerous skimming devices found on local gas pumps

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Dissent

Ari Hait reports that the Florida Department of Agriculture checked more than 6,000 gas stations across the state and found 81 skimmers attached to the pumps. Here’s a list of where they found them.

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