Jean-Elguentino Cayo, 26, of Miami Gardens, pled guilty in December for his participation in a stolen identity scheme. Sentencing is scheduled for March 5, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. before U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez. The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Internal Revenue Service Criminal…
AVS TV Hacked, 40,000 Accounts Leaked By @DeleteSec
DeleteSec today has announced a leak of data that comes from AVS TV (avstv.com) that totals around 40,000 account credentials of registered users. The leak was posted to defuse.ca as a 48,000 row dump and after scanning contains 39,343 accounts with no duplicated email addresses. AVS TV is a Bollywood TV show "Asian Variety Show…
TX: Two Women Ordered to Prison in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
Yevette Lauren Walton and Lakisha Lashell Rogers have been handed prison sentences for conspiring to submit fraudulent tax refund claims in the names of 53 stolen identities during the 2013 tax season. They had entered pleas of guilty on May 10, 2013. U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal, who accepted the guilty pleas, handed Walton…
Indictment Charges IRS Employee With Tax Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft
Sherelle Pratt, 49, of Philadelphia, was charged by Indictment, unsealed this week, with filing false tax returns, aiding and assisting other individuals in preparing and filing false tax returns, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft. According the Indictment Pratt is an IRS employee. Pratt, according to the indictment, is alleged to have prepared…
Broward County Resident Sentenced In $2 Million Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
Lee Ervin Dale, 31, of Fort Lauderdale, was sentenced for his participation in a tax refund scheme using stolen identities. United States District Judge Kathleen M. Williams sentenced Dale to 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered restitution in the amount of $275,740. Dale was indicted in October 2012 was convicted in…
NJ: Leader Of Large-Scale Identity Theft Ring Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For His Role In Fraud Enterprise
The leader of a fraud ring that engaged in identity theft and financial crimes which have led to charges against 54 individuals was sentenced to 144 months in prison for directing the large-scale, sophisticated criminal enterprise, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Sang-Hyun Park, a/k/a “Jimmy,” 48, of Palisades Park, N.J., previously pleaded guilty before…