Ryan Lawler reports: On-demand rides startup Lyft is taking its former COO Travis VanderZanden to court for breach of his confidentiality agreement and fiduciary duty weeks after the executive joined arch-rival Uber. In a complaint filed this afternoon in San Francisco Superior Court, Lyft claims VanderZanden downloaded a number of non-public company documents to his personal Dropbox account…
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Tutor Pleads Not Guilty In Orange County School Hacker Scandal
Associated Press reports: A tutor at the center of an alleged high school grade-changing scandal has pleaded not guilty to computer fraud and commercial burglary. The Orange County Register says Timothy Lance Lai entered pleas Tuesday to five felony counts and faces up to five years and eight months in prison if convicted. Read more…
MO: Kansas man pleads guilty to using skimmer to steal credit card numbers at Missouri Taco Bell
Associated Press reports: A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to stealing credit card information while he worked at a Taco Bell in Belton, Missouri. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release that 32-year-old Yao Vignon Kpade, of Overland Park, Kansas, pleaded guilty Monday to electronic device fraud. Read more on The Republic.
CA: Former Military Reservist, Relative Plead to Identity Theft Scam Exceeding $215,000
Two men, including a former military reservist who stole the identities of fellow soldiers while stationed overseas, pleaded no contest today for their involvement in an identity theft scam totaling more than $215,000 in losses, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Warren Kato of the High Tech Crime Division said…
Credit union notifying customers after drive with personal info lost
Palm Springs Federal Credit Union has been notifying its members after an external drive with their names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and account numbers was lost on or about October 20. In a letter to those affected, CEO Debbie Pitigliano writes that the CU was required to provide the data as part of its regulatory obligation for audits,…
FTC Says Debt Broker Disclosed Too Much
Dan McCue reports: Debt broker Bayview Solutions LLC posted the debt portfolios of 28,000 consumers online, including their bank account numbers and other identifying information, the Federal Trade Commission claims in a federal lawsuit. Bayview Solutions was established in 2008 and does business as Bayview Risk Management Capital and Bayview Commercial Recovery. It’s primary business…