Trey Lane McCoy was sentenced to 61 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release in connection with an identity theft scheme. In addition, United States District Judge Fred Biery ordered McCoy to pay $33,625.36 restitution. On September 2, 2010, McCoy pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud, one count of…
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Florida man charged in Ohio after being caught with counterfeit credit cards
Abel P. Navarro, age 37, of Tampa, Florida, was indicted on one count of possessing fifteen or more counterfeit or unauthorized access devices, Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today. Navarro was arrested by on November 20 by Willoughby Police following two hit-skip accidents involving him, according to…
MI: Federal Investigators Shut Down Identity Theft Ring
A former Newland Medical Center employee was charged Monday with 15 counts of identity theft and criminal enterprise. Camille Butler of Detroit is accused of stealing patient information and giving it to her boyfriend, Artis Cleveland. Investigators said the couple stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise using the stolen identities of cancer…
(follow-up) NC: Ex-pizza parlor owner gets 5 years for identity theft
Mark Pinella, the owner of Dino’s Pizza in Fayettevillewho had been charged in May 2009 with multiple counts of ID theft for skimming his customers’ credit and debit cards, has been sentenced to five years and five months in prison, but given credited for 1 year and 3 months served. He was also ordered to…
Fourth defendant sentenced in scheme using stolen credit card numbers purchased on the internet
U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Tomeka V. Harris, age 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, Friday to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring with the leader of the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) in Maryland to distribute heroin; and in a separate criminal case, for conspiring to commit…
Saint Louis University employees notified of computer breach
KSDK alerts us to a breach involving the Saint Louis University network. Although the university has not posted anything to its web site at the time of this posting, KSDK reports that faculty, students and staff have been notified about a computer breach. The station also provides a copy of the email sent to those…