A tax return preparer from Macon, Ga., pleaded guilty Thursday to filing a false claim for tax refund, theft of government money and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue (IRS) announced. According to court documents, Willie C. Grant is a former tax return preparer who used many of his former clients’…
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First Republic Bank gaffe in records disposal
First Republic Bank has been notifying clients after records containing their information were improperly disposed of on August 2. In its letter to clients, Maureen Maginn, Senior Vice President of Deposit Services, wrote: … on August 2, 2012, certain data were discarded in a way that did not adhere to our strict data disposal requirements….
Former Tennessee Tech University employee stole other employees’ information
The Herald-Citizen reports: Tennessee Tech University sent letters to 42 former and current employees yesterday informing them of a security breach related to personal identifying information. Through a cooperative effort between the university and the Cookeville Police Department, Tennessee Tech University learned that alleged criminal acts by a former TTU employee have resulted in unauthorized…
Road Runner Safe Storage’s Security Breach (updated)
Seen on dslreports.com: “Dear Customer, We are writing to inform you of a recent security incident involving your Road Runner Safe Storage account, which may have exposed your password. Recently, an unauthorized third party accessed one of our databases. As soon as we learned of the attack, we limited all access to the database and…
Former BPO employee arrested for credit card fraud
Another BPO/outsourcing breach involving an insider: A former BPO employee was arrested from his Southwest Delhi residence on Sunday for allegedly using stolen credit card details to make purchases worth Rs 11 lakh from an e-commerce website — mydala.com. […] Jha, police said, is a commerce graduate from Delhi University’s School of Open Learning and…
Dozens of Atlanta police socially engineered into giving ID thieves their personal info
At least 39 members or employees of Atlanta law enforcement fell prey to two women who posed as representatives of AFLAC and requested their personal information under the ruse of the city changing its insurance options. Read more about it on 11Alive, the Florida-Times Union, and Creative Loafing.