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3 BANK EMPLOYEES FRAUDULENTLY ACCESSED CUSTOMER BANK ACCOUNTS - TRANSFERRED ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO CO-CONSPIRATORS
The following story was made public in 2007 by Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. The story occurred in Las Vegas, Nevada when 16 individuals were charged in an identity theft and bank fraud conspiracy that involved bank insiders, counterfeit checks and the theft of customer account information.
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IDENTITY AND CREDIT CARD THIEF SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS IN PRISON
LAS VEGAS - Tuesday August 5, 2008 - A man who used stolen personal identification information and fraudulently obtained debit and credit cards to finance his lavish lifestyle was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $370,819 in restitution, announced Greg Brower, United States Attorney for the District of [...]
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KPHO Phoenix Investigates RFID Theft of Credit Cards
NEW TECHNOLOGY ENCASED IN YOUR CREDIT/DEBIT CARD MAY EXPOSE THE CARD TO THEFT - RFID IS RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION AND MILLIONS OF NEW CARDS ARE “RADIO FREQUENCY ID TAGGED”. THE “TAG” CONTAINS THE CARD NUMBER, YOUR NAME AND EXPIRATION DATE. WATCH THIS VIDEO AND LEARN HOW THIEFS CAN STEAL FROM YOU WITHOUT EVER GRABBING YOUR [...]
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EURASIAN ORGANIZED CRIME TASK FORCE MEMBERS ARREST 12 INDIVIDUALS FOLLOWING FEDERAL CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT CHARGES
LAS VEGAS - December 9, 2008 - Twelve persons have been arrested and charged with federal credit card fraud and identity theft crimes following a two-year long investigation by a joint federal, state and local organized crime task force, announced Greg Brower, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
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IDENTITY THIEF USES NAME/SOCIAL SECURITY CARD OF DECEASED, GETS DRIVERS LICENSE AND OPENS CHECKING ACCOUNT - 7 YEAR SENTENCE
Omaha, Nebraska - May 20, 2008 - A 52 year old man was sentenced by the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, United States District Judge to seven years (84 months) of imprisonment for his spree of criminal conduct which included fraud and identity theft throughout 2006. The identity thief presented himself to the Social Security Administration [...]
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VICTIM REFUSED DRIVER’S LICENSE BECAUSE IDENTITY THIEF USED VICTIMS NAME IN DRUNK DRIVING CONVICTION
Lincoln, Nebraska - June 19, 2008 - The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge in Lincoln, Nebraska, on June 19, 2008, sentenced a 32 year old Guatemala National to 24 months imprisonment following his conviction for aggravated identity theft. On January 21, 2005, the 32 year old applied for, and was subsequently hired [...]
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ALLEGED THAT WAITER RECORDED NAMES AND CREDIT CARD NUMBERS OF CUSTOMERS, THEN MADE ONLINE PURCHASES
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – December 11, 2008 - John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former Kansas City, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for stealing identity information from customers at A restaurant where he worked, then using that information to [...]
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MAN SENTENCED FOR IDENTITY THEFT - SEARCHES THROUGH TRASH DUMPSTERS, THEN OPENED CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTS OVER THE INTERNET
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – March 4, 2008 - John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Blue Springs, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for stealing the identity of an Army major who was stationed in Kuwait.
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MAN CHARGED WITH FALSE PASSPORT APPLICATION AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
BOSTON, MA - October 30, 2008 - A Worcester man was charged today in federal court with making a false statement on a United States passport application and aggravated identity theft.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Daniel Petrole, Deputy Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor; Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent in [...] -
MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO USING FAKE 1-800 NUMBERS TO STEAL CREDIT CARD AND PERSONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION
November 24, 2008 - Terrence Berg, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, announced today that a Detroit resident, who used fake 1-800 numbers to steal hundreds of credit card numbers and other personal identity information, entered a plea of guilty to the charges of credit card fraud, mail fraud, and aggravated [...]
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JUVENILE COMPUTER HACKER PLEADS GUILTY
Boston, MA. - November 18, 2008 - A male juvenile, who has been widely known in the hacker underground by his online moniker, “Dshocker,” pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to computer intrusion, interstate threats, and wire fraud, stemming from hacking, botnet and “swatting” activities. In accordance with federal law, the juvenile was [...]
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FORMER INMATE ARRESTED FOR HACKING PRISON COMPUTER TO ACCESS PRISON MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
BOSTON, MA - November 6, 2008 - A former inmate of the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Plymouth, Massachusetts was arrested late yesterday in North Carolina, on an Indictment charging him with damage to the prison’s computer network and identity theft. The inmate is alleged to have obtained the password to a prison management program [...]
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HACKER CHARGED WITH PROVIDING DATA THEFT TOOL IN NATIONAL IDENTITY THEFT CASE
BOSTON, MA - October 29, 2008 - A New York man was charged today in U.S. District Court with providing a “sniffer” program used to monitor and capture data including customers’ credit and debit card information as it traveled across corporate computer networks.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Steven Ricciardi, Special Agent in Charge [...] -
MAIL FRAUD - FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED DRIVER’S LICENSES AND LICENSE PLATES - POSSESSION OF DOCUMENT- MAKING IMPLEMENTS
BOSTON, MA - October 8, 2008 - A Springfield man was convicted today in U.S. District Court of mail fraud and possessing document-making implements.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan, Jerry Carmody, Acting Inspector in Charge of the United States Postal Inspection Service and Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent In Charge of the United States Immigration [...] -
JURY CONVICTS FORMER POLICE OFFICER FOR MAIL FRAUD AND CREDIT CARD FRAUD
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – September 4, 2008 - John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Springfield, Mo., police officer was convicted by a federal jury today for using his ex-wife’s identity in a scheme to defraud a credit card company and an online payment service.
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STUDENTS WARNED ABOUT INTERNET PREDATORS
Middle School Internet Safety Program Reaches 147 Schools in 49 Counties
Contact: Bob Teig
“Be safe online.” That is the message being conveyed this school year to more than 40,000 Iowa students by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa and others in the District. That also was the message conveyed by United [...] -
Former Employee of Healthcare Company Steals Identifying Information of Insured Clients and Gives to Identity Thief
St. Louis, Missouri - (April 2008) - An identity thief was sentenced to 14 years on charges of aggravated identity theft, conspiracy and escape from custody. The charges resulted from his organization of a ring of individuals who used the identifying information of insureds of a major health care company and applicants for credit at [...]
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WOMAN SENTENCED FOR CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT - CAUSED ARREST WARRANT TO BE ISSUED IN VICTIM’S NAME
Baltimore, Maryland - April 2008 - U.S. District Judge Andre M. Davis sentenced a 33 year old woman from Edgewater, Maryland, to three years and one day in prison followed by three years of supervised release for credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. [...]
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MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CREDIT CARD FRAUD, USING PERSONAL INFORMATION AFTER STEALING A LIST OF NAMES FROM THE 1980′S
St. Louis, MO: Earlier in 2008, a St. Louis man pled guilty to stealing a list of names and identity information to obtain credit and debit cards, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today.
According to the facts filed with the court, in December 2007, the man was arrested by St. Louis City Police on [...] -
PERUVIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED FOR CREDIT CARD CONSPIRACY THAT TARGETED ELDERLY WOMEN
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – October 9, 2008 - John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a third Peruvian national has been sentenced in federal court for participating in a conspiracy to steal credit cards from elderly women, then make thousands of dollars in purchases with the [...]
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