Doreen Hemlock filed this report last week: Identity theft takes many forms, but Lenny Vigliotti never imagined it would show up as somebody wiring $12,000 from his South Florida saving account through multiple banks to end up in the Ukraine. Nearly three months after he noticed the money missing, he’s yet to recoup the cash….
Category: U.S.
(Follow-up) Credit Card Skimming Suspect Pleads Guilty
Following up on a case reported previously: Gabriel Camara, 36, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Camara and a co-conspirator, Nicole Ward, paid servers at several local restaurants to capture customers’ credit card numbers on skimmers, officials said. The stolen information was then given to others…
Maine: Student SSN Collection for Tracking On Hold After Data Breach
I’ve previously covered the new law in Maine that asks parents to provide their children’s Social Security Numbers so that the state can track the students. A number of school boards had the wisdom to write to the parents and basically say, “Look, we have to ask you for it, but we encourage you to…
WI: New information released on ATM fraud investigation
Press release from Eau Claire, Wisconsin police: Eau Claire Police Investigators have new information regarding the credit card scanner that was found at the US Bank ATM on Golf Rd. Investigation has determined that the same individuals may have placed the scanner at the same ATM at about 12:30PM on Friday, 9/17/2010 and picked it…
Two Sentenced for Accessing President’s Student Loan Records
On August 25, 2010, Mercedes Costoyas, a.k.a., Mercedes Costoyas-Perret, 53, of Iowa City, IA, and John P. Phommivong, 30, of North Liberty, IA, were each sentenced to one year probation for exceeding authorized computer access. The sentencing was announced on September 25 by United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. United States District Judge James E….
(follow-up) Three black market travel agents plead guilty
Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that three defendants have pleaded guilty to their roles in a conspiracy among black market travel agents who used the stolen identities of thousands of victims as part of a multi-million dollar fraud scheme to purchase airline tickets for their customers. Some…