Brian McNeill reports: A 27-year-old man who stole credit cards and electronics at the University of Virginia will avoid prison time and instead be enrolled in a diversion program in Harrisonburg. Joshua Alan Lafferty pleaded guilty in June 2009 to five counts of breaking and entering, five counts of grand larceny, four counts of credit…
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WA: Fast food customers’ identities stolen by worker, say police
Three people are charged in an alleged identity theft ring, skimming credit and debit card information from fast food customers at a Tukwila Wendy’s restaurant. Maria Elena DeHoyos-Ortiz, 33, Linzy Jerome Hopkins, 27, and Ricardo Ricky Ramacho, II, 28, are charged with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit identity theft. King County Sheriff’s Detectives say…
Ukrainian Carding King ‘Maksik’ Was Lured to Arrest
Kim Zetter dips into Verizon’s new report and relays details of how Yastermskiy was eventually captured and arrested: A Ukrainian carder who earned more than $11 million selling credit and debit card data stolen from top U.S. retailers was lured to a meeting in Turkey in 2007 where he was arrested by local authorities, according…
TX: Private information lands in dumpster near Interstate 10
Sarah Forgany reports: Imagine your most private information falling into the wrong hands. That’s what some people dealt with after nearly 75 legal files were found in a dumpster off Interstate 10 near Boerne. It only took a few minutes to realize the paperwork was no trash. Rather, it included information like peoples’ lives, names,…
NY: Cable guy guilty of ID theft
A Time Warner Cable (“TWC”) technician, who illegally installed a spyware program on three of his employers’ computers to enable him to gain unauthorized access to TWC’s customer database and billing system, was convicted on all eight counts against him. The jury convicted Louis Puesan, 45, of multiple counts, including computer trespass, computer tampering in…
Potential security breach at Cooper Univ. Hospital
Katherine Scott reports: A thumb drive that contained personal data about current and past graduate medical education residents and fellows at Cooper University Hospital has gone missing. Hospital sources tell Action News the thumb drive went missing on July 8th. […] Stolen or lost, both scenarios are cause for concern according to Drexel University’s Robert…