Collaborate Disseminate
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
Antonia Noori Farzan reports: Lawmakers say that last year’s breach of Rhode Island Public Transit Authority computer systems highlighted glaring problems with the way the state responds to the theft of people’s personal data. […] DiP… Continue reading Rattled by RIPTA breach that affected 22,000, lawmakers propose policy changes
Paula Reed Ward reports: UPMC on Thursday will begin making payments to 66,000 employees who were victims of a 2014 data breach — as part of a settlement approved late last year. Employees were notified via an email on Monday that they will receive a p… Continue reading Eight years later, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center breach victims will finally settlement checks
A Florida physician was sentenced today in the Southern District of Florida to two years in prison for a health care and wire fraud scheme involving the submission of false and fraudulent claims to both Medicare and a financial services company that of… Continue reading Physician Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud Scheme
Press release: TYLER, Texas –A 23-year-old Russian man has been indicted in the Eastern District of Texas for offenses related to operating a cyber-criminal marketplace that sold thousands of stolen login credentials, personal identifiable information,… Continue reading Russian National Indicted in East Texas for Cyber Hacking Enterprise
There’s an update to a case that involved theft of patient data from an unnamed Metairie clinic to support a fraud scheme. The trio was arrested back in 2015 but have first been sentenced. From the Department of Justice, this press release yester… Continue reading New Orleans Woman Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison for Bank Larceny of Over $200,000 Using Patient Information Stolen from Metairie Medical Clinic
ATLANTA – Kevin Kirton has been sentenced for running an access device fraud scheme that involved stealing over $600,000 in fraudulent tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service. “Kirton created technical ‘solutions’ to conduct his own fraud schemes… Continue reading Computer consultant sentenced to prison for access device fraud scheme
The following alert was published by New York State Attorney General, but it applies to consumers in all states, so if you were a former, then-current, or prospective T-Mobile customer in 2021, you should read this: NEW YORK – New York Attorney General… Continue reading CONSUMER ALERT: Consumers Impacted by T-Mobile Data Breach At Risk of Potential Identity Theft