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CA: Credit card scammer pleads guilty

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Dissent

Ronald Leon Marshall, 53, of Los Angeles, has pleaded guilty in federal court to four counts of using unauthorized credit cards to defraud Central Valley merchants and credit card companies, says U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner. Mr. Marshall admitted that for six weeks in 2008 he used stolen and otherwise unauthorized credit card numbers to buy…

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Humboldt State University employee info possibly compromised after computer virus

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Dissent

Chris Durant reports: A Humboldt State University computer infected with a virus may have exposed the personal information of 3,500 people employed by the school between 2002 and 2006. HSU spokesman Paul Mann said no employees or former employees have yet reported having their information — like Social Security numbers — being used or stolen….

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Illinois Republican Gubernatorial candidate Andy McKenna’s campaign “pilfered” NDU alumni info – alumnus

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Dissent

A Notre Dame University alumnus, Gary Caruso, has taken to the Web to question how Notre Dame University Alumni Association records were obtained by Illinois Republican Gubernatorial candidate Andy McKenna’s campaign. According to Caruso, McKenna is an alumnus of NDU and those alumni who were in his class have found themselves on the receiving end…

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IL: Social Security numbers found lying in street

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Dissent

Lisa Black and John Keilman report: When Elida Cruz worked in the banking industry, she assured clients that their personal information would remain confidential. So, imagine her horror when she learned that much of her own information, including her Social Security number, birth date, phone number and job history, had become astonishingly public, floating down…

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MN: Stolen mortgage info led to spree

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Dissent

James Walsh reports: Jason Alan Tauer worked for Ameriquest Mortgage Company as a mortgage associate for only six weeks. Turned out to be a pretty fruitful month and a half for Tauer — and a pretty costly one to nearly 100 people and several financial institutions. Using personal information he lifted from the mortgage applications…

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MA: Former Revere resident details family’s national credit card fraud, ID theft scheme

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Dissent

Details of a Revere family’s nationwide credit card and identification theft scheme were disclosed by a convicted family member who testified Friday at the federal court trial of the lone remaining defendant, an associate from Texas. Donald Desimone, Jr., 45, formerly of 43 Hight St., Revere, who currently awaits a February sentencing, described the massive…

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