To follow up on a case previously covered on this blog in March and October, this report from Mark Anderson of the Sacramento Bee: A gang that used card readers to skim personal information at gas station card readers in Northern California was busted for identity theft, and two of the four were sentenced to…
Category: U.S.
Victim numbers continue to climb in EVG Quality breach
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Police have identified 380 victims of credit or debit card fraud at a Sierra Madre gas station with losses exceeding $109,000, Police Chief Marilyn Diaz said Monday. […] “The fraudulent charges arising from credit and debit cards used at the EVG station are showing up both as EVG charges and…
ESRB unintentionally exposes email addresses of people who filed complaints over Blizzard’s Real ID system
Gregg Reece writes about a reply-all gaffe exposing almost 1,000 individuals’ email addresses: During the recent Real ID catastrophe on the forums, many players decided to appeal to an industry source that might have been able to sway Blizzard to change its mind. These players contacted the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) as a Better Business Bureau-type…
FL: Credit-card skimmer found in Melbourne gas pump
J.D. Gallop reports: Hundreds of credit card numbers were compromised at a Melbourne gas station after a credit card skimmer was hidden inside a rigged pump last month. Police found the skimmer — attached with Velcro — at the RaceTrac at 4641 W. Eau Gallie Blvd. after getting complaints of fraudulent credit and debit card…
Former Purdue student sentenced for ID theft, fraud
Sophia Voravong reports: A former Purdue University student was sentenced Friday to one year in prison for an elaborate scheme to obtain credit cards and financial loans using personal information that was stolen from a West Lafayette apartment complex. Adekanmi Adewola Arojojoye, 22, of Dolton, Ill., pleaded guilty in November in Tippecanoe Circuit Court to…
TN: Ex-deputy sentenced to 34 months in prison for ID theft
Jamie Satterfield reports: A former Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputy who used a woman’s personal information for personal profit in an identity theft scheme is headed to federal prison. U.S. District Judge Tom Varlan on Friday sentenced Michelle Lee Stiles, 39, to 34 months in prison for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. […] According…