Owen Gibson, 43, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced Wednesday by United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 21 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for using stolen credit cards to purchase goods from various retail locations. On August 13, 2008, Gibson pleaded guilty to one count of…
Category: U.S.
Former United Way employee wreaked havoc
Jeffery H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael J. Folmar, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today the arrest of defendant Luis Robert Altamarino. According to the Indictment filed on August 4, 2009, Altamarino was a former employee of United Way of Miami-Dade (“UWMD”)….
Three Atlantans indicted for bank fraud conspiracy
Three metro Atlanta residents have been indicted on bank fraud conspiracy and identity theft charges for allegedly stealing Wachvoia Bank account numbers and draining thousands of dollars from the accounts. Yolanda Denise Scott, 31, of Hampton, Ga., and Germaine Monroe, 57, of Atlanta, have made initial appearances in court. A third defendant charged in the…
Former worker hacked casino computers
New information is coming to light about the case against a man from Luzerne County accused of hacking into a casino’s computer system to get revenge. Investigators call Leo Hornbaker, III a computer whiz who used his smarts to try to get back at the Mount Airy Casino According to court papers, Hornbaker was a…
FL: Man accused of stealing credit card numbers
It was the furtive swiping under the counter that caught the customer’s attention. Curious, the customer leaned over the counter to see the cashier swiping his debit card into a portable scanner. A similar device was hanging on the cashier’s key chain. Before his credit card number could be stolen, the customer grabbed the device…
CO: Personal data sent in error to co-workers
The Department of Corrections’ inspector general’s office is investigating the release of the personal financial records of more than 1,000 staff to more than 100 co-workers. The records were sent by e-mail from the DOC payroll office to a total of 103 employees at 5:03 p.m. Friday, said Katherine Sanguinetti, DOC spokeswoman. A payroll employee…