Craig Curtis has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in organizing a mortgage fraud scheme in Texas that used the stolen identities of minors to obtain fraudulent loans. United States District Judge Nancy Atlas sentenced Curtis, of Houston, to 120 months for wire fraud convictions and to a consecutive two-year term…
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AmEx employee stole 300 card numbers
One by one, three of the five suspects involved in a major credit card and identity theft scheme were arraigned Wednesday night before Judge Scott Hunter in Canfield. The suspects include the mother-daughter duo of Christine Alkire, 49, and Danielle Lancia, 27, along with 22-year-old Lamar Phenizy, all accused of purchasing approximately $25,000 with more…
NY Life Insurance hit by ID thief
Stephanie Fahlgren is under arrest for allegedly stealing personal information from dozens of New York Life Insurance policy holders and using the data for shopping sprees, according to federal authorities. Federal investigators say she acquired the username and password of a Sacramento insurance agent, which she used to get access to client information from her…
More charges filed against computer fraud suspect
Martin Robinson Bowling, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced (pdf) to three years in prison for computer fraud in November 2008, is now facing embezzlement and identity theft charges. Bowling, whose sentence had been reduced to probation, is one of five people charged in unrelated id theft charges. According to a news story filed by…
Box of personal information found in Executive Inn Rivermont
With Owensboro’s Executive Inn Rivermont about to be demolished, it has been open for the past month for people to walk through as the city tries to sell the contents. But the Messenger-Inquirer reports a group of women looking at items for sale stumbled on a box that contained employee records, including Social Security numbers…
Details of 10,000 MS workers among stolen data
Last week, this site reported on a story from Times Online about the new Lucid Intelligence database of identity details that had been found up for sale by cybercriminals. The database consists of 120 million records on 40 million people worldwide, compiled by identity theft expert Colin Holder and others. Users can conduct a free…