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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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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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Two Plead Guilty to Wire Fraud That Involved Stealing Hundreds of identities - Primarily From Nursing Home Residents
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (April 16, 2008) - John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two co-defendants pleaded guilty in federal court today to wire fraud for their roles in a multi-million dollar scheme that involved stealing the identities of hundreds of victims, primarily nursing home residents, [...]
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OWNERS/OPERATORS OF ASIAN MASSAGE PARLORS PLEAD GUILTY TO COERCING PROSTITUTION, MONEY LAUNDERING, IDENTITY THEFT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (AUGUST 21, 2008) - John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that three owners and operators of Asian massage parlors in Johnson County, Kan., pleaded guilty in federal court today to engaging in human trafficking by coercing their employees, whom they recruited from China, to [...]
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Personal Identifying Information stolen from Car Dealership & Real Estate Loan Brokerage Firm - One man gets 19 years in Prison
Kansas City, Mo. – John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two more defendants were sentenced in federal court today for participating in an identity theft conspiracy. A 40 year old man of Kansas City, Mo., and a 29 year old woman of Plano, Texas, were sentenced [...]
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Missouri Trooper stops Identity Thief, finds 66 Counterfeit Drivers Licenses, 103 Social Security numbers, forged checks and more…………
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – (September 11, 2008) John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Kan., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing dozens of counterfeit driver’s licenses as well as implements used to make more identification documents. The 42 year old identity thief [...]
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STATE PRISONERS CHARGED PHONE CALLS TO IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS - SOME VICTIMS WERE MENTALLY DISABLED
Jefferson City, Mo.- (March 2008) John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man who was formerly incarcerated in a state prison and a Jefferson City, Mo., woman who was formerly employed by the Missouri Department of Revenue were each sentenced in federal court [...]
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Computer Fraud - Bank Employee Hack’s into her Banks Computer to Steal Personal Identity Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman and man were indicted by a federal grand jury for using stolen identity information to make fraudulent credit purchases at area retail stores.
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Kansas City winding trail identity theft
2 Men Allowed Into Home to Install Satellite TV turns into Identity Theft
In Kansas City, Kansas three people were charged with wire fraud in May, 2008 in a criminal complaint filed by federal agents who described how they followed a winding paper trail of false names, addresses, Social Security numbers, credit cards and bank accounts. [...]


