Two Women Arrested In Theft Of 18 Identities St. Petersburg Police have arrested two women this month in connection with a scheme of stealing the identity of 18 people and opening credit cards in their names. Police believe there are more victims out there than the 19 already accounted for….
Prosecutors say a Texas woman has been convicted in a $1.2 million tax scam using stolen identities to get refunds and then buying and shipping used cars to Nigeria. LaTonya Carson of Dallas faces up to 191 years in prison in what officials say was a scheme since 2012. Some…
A six-day identity theft investigation by Laramie police officers ended with two arrests early Tuesday. According to a news release from the Laramie Police Department, 37-year-old Reanna April Mesa of Laramie and 38-year-old Terry Wood of Kansas were arrested Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 7:45 a.m. Wood is charged with identity…
Police in the Czech Republic have detained an unidentified Russian man suspected of participating in cyberattacks on the United States, according to a statement published Wednesday on the police website. The statement said the Russian was arrested in cooperation with the FBI within 12 hours, thanks to a rapid exchange…
A retired four-star general pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to lying to investigators who were examining leaks about a secret U.S. government hacking program directed at Iran’s nuclear program. After pleading guilty before Judge Richard Leon in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., retired Gen. James Cartwright faces probation…
A Lamborghini is a rare sight in Union and that’s why a white Lamborghini Gallardo valued at $200,000 seen cruising the streets recently turned so many heads. However, Union police say the driver was a criminal with an elaborate scheme to get expensive sports cars, He’s now in jail. Timothy…
Casey Reeder, 29, of Parkesburg, was charged with retail theft, receiving stolen property and driving under suspension. The charges were filed after an investigation into a reported $40 theft from a Boscov’s store on Oct. 3. Investigators obtained surveillance video of the incident and recognized the suspect as Casey Reeder…
Some 50 suspects from 15 Russian regions have been arrested, believed to be part of Russia’s largest hacking group, responsible for Trojan and botnet attacks on Russian banks, stealing some £57 million. Earlier this month the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB in Russian), together with the Interior Ministry, conducted a…
PADUCAH, KY – A western Kentucky man is facing multiple charges after an indictment in U.S. District Court last month. Court documents from the U.S. District Court’s Western Kentucky District, obtained by West Kentucky Star, show that Corey A. Thorson of Marshall County was indicted September 13, and charged with…
President Obama will be asked to drop an extradition order against a vulnerable Briton facing life in prison for allegedly hacking Nasa and the US Army’s computers. Lauri Love, who has Asperger’s syndrome and depression, will be welcomed by MPs to Parliament tonight as they fight for him to face…
Two teenagers from Lizard Squad – a hacking group, perhaps better known for bringing down online services like PlayStation Network and Xbox Live in 2014 – have been arrested for cyber crimes. Their distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks affected millions of customers, and cost Sony and Microsoft a lot of money….
The FBI has arrested a National Security Agency contractor on charges of stealing highly classified information and is investigating possible links to a recent leak of secret hacking tools used to break into the computers of adversaries such as Russia and China, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. Harold Thomas Martin,…
Gastonia’s new grocery store was open barely 24 hours before someone stole from the premises. Angela Pinnix Kirby, 51, of Winston-Salem, allegedly swiped acid reflux medicine, 5-Hour Energy, allergy medication and Crest Whitestrips on Wednesday from the Harris Teeter at 1101 Kendrick Road. The 24-hour shopping option opened its doors…
A Long Island woman faces theft charges and 114 counts of forgery after she embezzled more than $400,000 from an area social services organization, police said. After a 10-month investigation, police arrested Michelle Labrec, 52, of Ronkonkoma, N.Y. Wednesday and charged her with first-degree larceny, first-degree identity theft and 114…
A TEENAGER has appeared in court charged with hacking and blackmail offences in relation to the cyber attack on TalkTalk in October 2015 19-year-old Daniel Kelley, from Llanelli, Wales, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, according to a report at The Guardian. He was accused of demanding payment of…
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) An Anchorage woman who calls herself an identity theft counselor has been arrested on bank fraud and aggravated identify theft charges. A four-count indictment accuses Kara Hayden, Jr., 50, of scheming to get money from banks through fraud, including using personal information of former insurance clients to get…
The Sun newspaper said it had been contacted by a purported hacker using the pseudonym “Crafty Cockney” on an encrypted messaging service and sent sample photos showing Middleton being fitted for a wedding dress in advance of her planned 2017 nuptials British police have arrested a suspect following reports that…
A US district court sent a 20-year-old hacker from Kosovo for a prison time of 20 years. He was charged with computer hacking and terrorism in the United States. He shared personal details of military and government official which made their way to a hit list published by Islamic State….
London-based Yahoo! hacker gets 11 years for SQLi mischief A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison for his part in a cyber attack on Yahoo! in 2012. Nazariy Markuta, of Harlesden, London, was a member of the D33Ds Company network, which nicked over 450,000 customer email…
Romanian hacker Mircea-Ilie Ispasoiu, 31, received a three-year prison sentence in the US on Thursday, September 22, for orchestrating an identity theft scheme that stole data from American firms. The Romanian previously pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors say that Ispasoiu hacked into the…
