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An FBI Public Service Announcement June 28, 2022 Alert Number I-062822-PSA The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warns of an increase in complaints reporting the use of deepfakes and stolen Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to apply for… Continue reading Deepfakes and Stolen PII Utilized to Apply for Remote Work Positions — FBI
It might pose a new hurdle for cybercriminals looking to swipe personal information.
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Morgan Loew, Cody Lillich, Gilbert Zermeño and Gray News staff report: Debi Gotlieb knew something was wrong when she could not find her late father’s home on the county assessor’s webpage. The property was tied up in probate and should have been liste… Continue reading Criminals using deed fraud, identity theft to steal homes
KTTN reports: A Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a fraud scheme that utilized the stolen identities of Johnson County, Kansas, government employees to make fraudulent purchases. Michael B. Becher, 40, of Raytown, pleaded guil… Continue reading Missouri man pleads guilty to fraud scheme that used stolen identities of Johnson County employees
Angie Moreschi reports: Paula Soffa is just one of the thousands of Pennsylvanians whose unemployment insurance account was hacked over the past year— not once, but twice. “They changed my password, they changed my username, and they changed my securit… Continue reading How criminals got away with hacking Pennsylvania unemployment accounts
There is an update to the case against Glib Oleksandr Ivanov-Tolpintsev, a Ukrainian who was extradited here in September, 2021 after being arrested in Poland in October, 2020: Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Gli… Continue reading Cybercriminal Sentenced To Federal Prison For Decrypting The Credentials Of Thousands Of Computers Across The World And Selling Them On A Dark Web Website
Darby McCarthy reports: Early Saturday morning, Humphreys County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Team B Nights arrested Letia Leco of Camden and Richard Flowers of Jackson on charges of forgery, identity theft and outstanding felony warrants from multipl… Continue reading TN: Humphreys County sheriffs arrest two for forgery, identity theft, outstanding felony warrants
If you’re already in jail or prison, is the threat of more jail or prison even a deterrent? It didn’t seem to be in this case. ABC News reports: Abraham Oliver, 26, a former inmate in the Montgomery County Department of Corrections, was se… Continue reading Former Maryland inmate sentenced to 5 years for credit card fraud involving Bitcoin, dark web
Seattle – A Ukrainian man was sentenced today in the Western District of Washington to 5 years in prison for his criminal work in the hacking group FIN7. Denys Iarmak, 32, served as a high-level hacker, whom the group referred to as a “pen tester,” for… Continue reading Pentester for FIN7 sentenced for scheme that compromised tens of millions of debit and credit cards
Two New York residents were sentenced for selling and conspiring to transfer false identification documents on the darknet marketplaces AlphaBay Market and Dream Market. According to court documents, from at least from May 2015 until October 2017, defe… Continue reading Two Individuals Sentenced for Conspiracy and Sale of Fraudulent Identity Documents on the Darknet