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Update: Kirill Victorovich Firsov Sentenced to 30 Months for Running DEER.io Site Selling Stolen, Counterfeit and Hacked Accounts

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Dissent

The following is a press release from the government with an update to the case of Kirill Victorovich Firsov. Firsov, the administrator of the DEER.io platform, was arrested on March 7, 2020 and pleaded guilty on January 21 of this year. The DEER.io p… Continue reading Update: Kirill Victorovich Firsov Sentenced to 30 Months for Running DEER.io Site Selling Stolen, Counterfeit and Hacked Accounts→

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Dissent

There’s an update to the case of a man accused of hacking the human resources databases at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center starting in 2014 and stealing the data of 65,000 employees. Many of the employees became victims of identity th… Continue reading Justin Sean Johnson, aka TheDearthStar and Dearthy Star, pleads guilty to hacking UPMC and selling stolen data on dark web→

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Dissent

Insider breaches — including insider wrongdoing — were down last year according to Verizon’s annual report and Protenus’s 2021 Breach Barometer for incidents involving health or medical data reported in the U.S. But “down… Continue reading VA: Alexandria nursing assistant charged with identity theft→

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Dissent

Randy Travis reports: Nearly a dozen former city of College Park employees have something in common. And it’s not good. According to police, 11 former employees are identity theft victims in a criminal case worth close to $100,000. […] LeShanda M… Continue reading GA: College Park leaders ‘stunned’ one of their own busted for ID theft, stealing $100K→

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Dissent

NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon sentenced EDWARD TOLIVER, age 47, a New Orleans native who had been living in Houston, Texas, to 124 months in federal prison for his role in a massive credit card fraud scheme, announced U… Continue reading Houston Man Sentenced to Over Ten Years in Federal Prison for Massive Credit Card Fraud Scheme→

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Dissent

Press release available in both English and Spanish. Scammers advertise jobs the same way legitimate employers do—online (in ads, on job sites, college employment sites, and social media), in newspapers, and sometimes on TV and radio. They promise you … Continue reading FBI Warns Cyber Criminals Are Using Fake Job Listings to Target Applicants’ Personally Identifiable Information→

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Dissent

We often hear about medical identity theft as a risk of PII or PHI being stolen or hacked. Here’s a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island about one such case: A Dominican national living in Providen… Continue reading Dominican National Indicted for Identity Theft, Theft of Public Money, Passport and Health Care Fraud→

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Dissent

March 11 – Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WALI MUHAMMAD, 45, of Branford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today to one count of health care fraud. Pursuant to the … Continue reading Owner of Connecticut Mental Health Services Agency Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Charge→

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Dissent

Justin Rohrlich reports: A Russian hacker stole the identities of 22 of 75 living U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, using their pilfered personal data to buy tens of thousands of dollars worth of Apple products and luxury watches from Ameri… Continue reading Russian Hacker Stole Identities of Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients in Sordid Scheme→

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Dissent

ROANOKE, Va. – Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and Virginia Attorney General Mark G. Herring announced today the finalization of a $2.1 million civil resolution with Allergy and Asthma Associates Inc. [AAA], a Roanoke-based, family-owned … Continue reading Allergy and Asthma Associates in Roanoke Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charge; Enters into Civil Resolution Over Health Care Fraud Allegations→