A federal judge on Monday granted final approval to a settlement between Countrywide Financial Corp. and millions of customers left at high risk for identity theft because of a security breach. The breach and terms of the settlement have been previously covered on this site and in PogoWasRight.org’s archives, but the Associated Press story provides…
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Former Wachovia employee in Atlanta gets prison for bank fraud
Atlanta Business Chronicle provides a follow-up on a case previously covered on this site. A former Wachovia Bank employee from Hampton, Ga., was sentenced Monday to four and half years in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with selling customers’ bank account information and Social Security numbers while employed in…
TN: Identity Theft Hits Customers of Mid-South Deli
Natasha Chen reports: Some customers who have recently purchased items at Jason’s Deli found suspicious activity on their credit or debit accounts, some of which is occurring out of state. […] The Memphis Police Department said that they have an open investigation right now, with three victims reporting unauthorized charges on their credit/debit card accounts….
MI: Four sentenced in ID theft
Four Detroit men with possible ties to the Russian Mob have been sentenced for their crimes. Gerrod Johnson, 25, Derrick Ingram, 25, Leon Stevens-Moman, 25, and Ernest Lewis, 21 were convicted of conspiring to commit identity theft, wire fraud, credit card fraud and committing credit card fraud. […] The group apparently purchased the stolen data…
$9 Here, 20 Cents There and a Credit-Card Lawsuit
Randall Stross reports: It’s easier to steal a million dollars a dollar at a time than a million dollars once. So goes an old saying. If the allegations in a civil case filed in a federal court in Chicago hold up, you can even haul off $10 million if you stick to $9 here or…
FDLE: State prisoner scammed Orlando hotel guests
Susan Jacobson and Anika Myers Palm report on a case of inmate-orchestrated ID theft: A state prison inmate orchestrated an identity-theft scheme that tricked hotel employees and guests into helping him obtain credit-card numbers and personal information, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said today. Damion Andrico Goldsmith, 40, who has previous convictions for fraudulent…