Jonathan Grass reports: The U.S. Attorney’s Office has announced multiple charges in a lengthy identity theft scheme that operated out of Birmingham. The stolen identity tax refund scheme operated between 2008 and 2011 and is believed to involve more than $1 million in false claims. It involved stealing personal identity information from the Internal Revenue…
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80 University of South Alabama scholarship students’ personal info leaked
Cassie Fambro reports: The University of South Alabama has corrected an issue that resulted in 80 scholarship students’ personal information leaking on the Internet, according to USA spokesman Bob Lowry. “Personal information contained on the applications included each scholarship applicant’s name, address, phone number, date of birth, names of parents, high school grades and transcripts….
State email system victim of apparent hack, Alabama House speaker says (UPDATED)
Erin Edgemon has this report on a developing story: The state email system has apparently been hacked, Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard said today. On the House floor, Hubbard told lawmakers not to open any email attachments for the time being. It’s unclear at this point the extent of the supposed hack. Read more on AL.com….
Former Alabama State Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Identities for Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
There’s an update to the Tamika Floyd case from the Department of Justice: A Phenix City, Alabama, resident and former state employee was sentenced to serve more than seven years in prison for her role in a stolen identity tax refund fraud ring. Tamika Floyd was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge W. Keith Watkins to…
Alabama woman charged in $7.5 million stolen identity tax refund fraud ring
Kent Faulk reports: A Phenix City woman was arrested Tuesday based on an April 28 federal grand jury indictment charging her with conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, federal authorities announced. Talashia Hinton, also known as LayLay and LaLa, was charged in the indictment with one count of conspiracy…
IRS investigator from Alabama charged with fraud, identity theft in agency’s latest scandal
Elizabeth Beshears reports: An IRS agent from Alabama and his accomplice have been indicted for fraud and identity theft, resulting in thirty charges between the two men for conspiring to file fake tax returns. The indictments are the latest in a string of scandals to rock the agency responsible for collecting federal taxes and enforcing…