Amy L. Edwards reports: A bus driver accused of stealing the identities of her disabled passengers and opening credit accounts with their personal information pleaded guilty to more than two dozen federal charges this week. Watreka Ligon pleaded to 27 counts of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and trafficking in a counterfeit device, court records…
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(Update) ALDI breach reports mushroom, customers in 11 states affected
The breach involving ALDI grocery stores is apparently larger than earlier reports suggested as reports trickle in from Pittsburgh and other areas. The chain has updated its statement on its website today: October 1, 2010 ALDI Inc. recently learned that, from approximately June 1, 2010 to August 31, 2010, tampered payment card terminals were illegally…
FL: Ex-employee accused of hacking into loan company’s computers, stealing data
News-Press.com reports: A former employee of Home Lynx Home Loans on College Parkway is accused of hacking into the company’s computer system and stealing confidential customer information, potential customer lists and marketing material. The former employee, whose name was not available in the sheriff’s report, was terminated in June. The owner of the company told…
More on the Johns Hopkins Hospital-related indictments
Yesterday, when indictments were announced in an ID theft case involving a former employee of Johns Hopkins Hospital, I contacted the hospital to ask whether this was an incident that we had previous knowledge about in the media or blogosphere or if it was news to us. A spokesperson for the hospital just emailed me the…
Five indicted in Johns Hopkins Hospital ID theft ring
A federal grand jury has indicted the following five Maryland defendants on fraud and aggravated identity theft charges in connection with a scheme to use stolen hospital patient identity information to open fraudulent credit accounts and make purchases on “instant credit” at retail stores in Maryland: Michael Allen, age 34, of Baltimore, Jasmine Amber Smith,…
FL: Parents fear identity theft by Keep the Faith Ministries
Sofia Santana reports: They say they provided Social Security numbers, copies of utility bills, pay stubs and credit card information to a group called Keep the Faith Ministries. Low-income parents who claim they were swindled by the group, which promised to subsidized their child care expenses, now worry they and their children also may be…