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NY Life Insurance hit by ID thief

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Dissent

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…

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More charges filed against computer fraud suspect

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Dissent

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…

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Box of personal information found in Executive Inn Rivermont

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Dissent

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…

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Details of 10,000 MS workers among stolen data

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Dissent

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…

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Sac City Bank employee pleads guilty

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Dissent

Following up on a case mentioned on this site in June: United States Attorney Matt M. Dummermuth announced today that a woman who defrauded victims out of at least $4 million pled guilty today in federal court in Sioux City. CHARLENE MARIE PICKHINKE, 48, from Sac City, Iowa, was convicted of one count each of…

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Report: ID thief had 500 Wells Fargo customers’ details

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Dissent

This week, a federal grand jury in Sacramento returned a 13-count indictment charging Jonah Hanneke Nelson, 30, of Dixon, with bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud, counterfeiting securities, and possession of more than 15 access devices. According to Assistant United States Attorney Russell L. Carlberg, the indictment alleges that Nelson obtained bank account…

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