Well, she was originally scheduled to be sentenced almost one year ago, but now Marietta Harris has been sentenced, it seems, and sentenced to the maximum prison term available under the guidelines. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi issued a press release today: Marietta Harris, 39, of Jackson, was sentenced on…
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Southern Powerlifting Federation member data repeatedly dumped – does anyone there notice?
Today’s second example of an entity not knowing their data has been repeatedly dumped is Southern Powerlifting Federation. On April 7, “Jabb” (@Versifyings) dumped some of their smf_members database on Pastebin. The dump consisted of approximately 440 email addresses and hashed passwords. The database records indicate that there were over 15,000 records. Whether Jabbs acquired them all…
FL: Former Miami Dade College employee indicted in tax refund fraud scheme
From today’s press release from the USAO for the Southern District of Florida: United States v. Michelson Jeancy, Case No. 15-20230-CR-Huck On April 3, 2015, defendant Michelson Jeancy, 35, of Miami, was charged by indictment for his participation in an identity theft tax fraud scheme. According to the indictment, Jeancy was an employee of a Miami-Dade…
FL: Fraudulent tax returns used PII obtained from Texas
These fraudsters allegedly used information obtained from the Texas Dept. of Public Safety, but the press release gives no clue as to how they obtained it. United States v. John Mackenley Cesar, et. al, Case No. 15-60071-CR-Zloch On April 2, 2015, John Mackenley Cesar, 26, of Miami, Chedlor Dorilus, 22, of Hollywood, Lawrence Bernadel (“Bernadel”), 22, of Tallahassee, Ariel Ronet Walker,…
FL: Employee of unnamed community health care provider indicted for stealing 9,000 patients’ info
And yet another insider breach in the healthcare sector results in criminal prosecution. The entity is not named in the press release and the case is not yet up on PACER: United States v. Yvenante Achille, Case. No. 15-20229-CR-Lenard In April 3, 2015, defendant Yvenante Achille, 30, of Miami, was charged by indictment for her participation…
FL: Fraudsters used info skimmed from restaurant customers
The South Beach restaurant whose customers had their data skimmed was not named in this press release. There’s also no explanation of where the defendants obtained Social Security numbers and other personal information: United States v. Christopher M. Mack, Case No. 15-2317-MJ-O’Sullivan On March 16, 2015, Christopher M. Mack, 30, of Miami, was charged by criminal complaint…