A New Jersey man was indicted today in federal court with stealing $250,000 from two Massachusetts victims’ joint investment account by using a series of assumed identities. Bryan Wells, 26, was charged in an indictment with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He had been arrested on a criminal complaint alleging wire fraud on July…
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Ben & Jerry’s security glitch exposes personal details
Claire Woffenden reports: Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s has apologised after an embarrassing security blunder exposed the names and addresses of more than 2,500 online customers. The mistake was discovered by Web User reader Julee de Jong after a simple search for her name on search engine Google. One of the top results for…
Destination Hotels & Resorts breach report raises an eyebrow
The Destination Hotels & Resorts breach reported back in June as affecting 700 people nationally reportedly affected 470 residents of New Hampshire – even though none of the affected properties are in New Hampshire. According to the breach disclosure filed by the chain’s law firm, Proskauer Rose, with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, the…
TX: Credit, debit card information stolen from restaurant customers
Andrew Horansky reports: Thieves stole credit and debit card information worth thousands of dollars from customers at a popular South Austin restaurant. It happened at Tino’s Greek Café on Brodie Lane. Some people are just finding out now that their information was stolen. […] Tino’s has multiple locations in Austin, and the problem appears to…
OR: Inmate pleads no contest to ID theft
Teach a man to call and he swindles for a day. Give a man a phone and he swindles for a lifetime. A Multnomah County jail inmate accused of pretending to be a grandson who needed cash to bail out of jail has pleaded no contest to multiple counts of identity theft. Prosecutors said 44-year-old…
Alleged International Credit Card Trafficker Arrested in France on U.S. Charges Related to Sale of Stolen Card Data
An international credit card trafficker thought to be one of the most prolific sellers of stolen data was arrested in Nice, France, on Aug. 7, 2010, on charges in an indictment unsealed today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia. Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, 27, aka “BadB” of Moscow, Russia, was indicted by a…