Laura Italiano reports the follow-up to a case previously reported on this blog: When 28-year-old Iguosade Osahon was busted last summer for stealing the IDs of 750 victims across the country, the eloquent crook conceded to cops, “What can I say? You’ve got me by the balls.” His words proved prophetic: Today, Osahon — who…
Category: U.S.
Third member of counterfeit credit card ring sentenced in California
The third and final member of a group of Chinese nationals involving in the trafficking of counterfeit credit cards has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for transmitting credit card numbers obtained on the Internet to others who used the information to make fraudulent purchases at San Gabriel Valley stores. Tong Zhang, also…
A Doctor and 532 Others Indicted for Mail and Social Security Fraud Conspiracy
This press release from the FBI includes a statement that 84 counts of a 709-count indictment related to misuse of children’s or dependents’ Social Security numbers in furtherance of the fraud scheme: SAN JUAN, PR—A federal grand jury has issued a 709-count indictment, charging 533 defendants with mail fraud conspiracy, mail fraud, social security fraud…
Hackers get access to N.J. school data system
Robert McMillan reports: Users of the 4chan online message board managed to get access to the online student information system used by a New Jersey school district after the school’s administrative password was posted to 4chan last week. The problem started last Tuesday, according to the Plainfield Board of Education, which serves a small school…
MA: Students’ Personal Data Posted Online
Team 5 Investigates has learned that the personal information of as many as 1,300 current and former students at the Wentworth Institute of Technology was inadvertently put online. School officials notified all affected students of the data breach, which was reported to WIT on Dec. 22. The letter said that an “electronic file was accessible…
Error sends University of Missouri health insurance mail to wrong addresses
Adam Dodge of ESI sends along this news story by Ladd Egan: Hundreds of participants of University of Missouri’s health insurance program are being told to be on the look-out for insurance fraud after several hundred insurance communications were mailed to the wrong person. Health benefit statements, health services letters and new ID cards were…