Former Bank Employee Is Charged in Fraud Scheme
John Marshall Mantel for The New York TimesAdeniyi Adeyemi, 27, of Brooklyn faces 149 counts, including grand larceny and identity theft.A 27-year-old Brooklyn man used his job as a computer technician to appropriate the identities of more than 150 employees at the Bank of New York Mellon and steal more than $1.1 million from a wide array of nonprofit groups and other institutions, officials announced on Wednesday.The technician, Adeniyi Adeyemi, 27, of Crown Heights, was charged with grand
Fourth Amendment Rights in a Storage Unit Obtained Using a Stolen Identity
Today the Tenth Circuit handed down a very interesting Fourth Amendment decision, United States v. Johnson , on whether an individual can have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a storage unit rented with a stolen identity. As I understand the facts of the case, the defendant Johnson asked his girlfriend to rent a storage unit using a fake name where he could store his guns. Johnson and his girlfriend had possession of the driver’s license of a woman named Haroldsen — the license had
How To Protect From Identity Theft
To protect from identity theft can be a tedious thing to do. It is a matter of having to have your personal choice on how to go about with this matter. But this is certainly possible and even made much easier with the advent of modern technology. It has brought along many ways including techniques and skills of protecting your identity from fraudulent individuals proliferating in this computer age. In this computer age, to protect from identity theft is an important part of nearly everyone’s s
Tips: Your Teenager and the Internet
This week is National Protect Your Identity Week, October 17-24, and in conjunction with this important reminder that identity theft, which affects both adults and young people, is a serious and a growing problem, the following is a revision of an article I wrote earlier this year.When I write this type of article I sometimes feel as if I’m like the boy who ‘”cried wolf”, but I can assure you – I’m much more like the Dutch boy, in the story, who stuck his finger in the dike.You’re a parent, and
Nearly 300 Los Angeles area gang members and associates arrested in nationwide crackdown
Nearly 300 gang members and associates across the Los Angeles area were arrested as part of a larger nationwide crackdown that targeted gangs involved in cross-border smuggling of people and weapons, drug trafficking, identity theft and other crimes, federal officials said today. The arrests were among 1,785 made around the country as part of Operation Community Shield, a sixth-month investigation of transnational gangs that ended Sept 30, said Virginia Kice, spokesperson for U.S. Immigration an
New tips to defend against medical identity theft
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Assistant Attorney General Tony West will highlight the Obama Administration’s work to fight Medicare Fraud and release new tips and information to help seniors and Medicare beneficiaries deter, detect and defend against Medical identity theft.
How One Man Averted an Identity Theft Epidemic
How One Man Averted an Identity Theft Epidemic A San Francisco landlord, saddled with sensitive documents, did the right thing NBC Bay Area news By JOE ROSATO JR. In a small, empty office in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow, landlord Billy Tookoian surveyed a fraudster’s dream: 46 cardboard boxes of personal information. The boxes were the detitrus of what was until last year a thriving business, Financial Title. Then the economy tanked, and the company folded up its locations all ac
Identity Theft: A Personal and Monetary Assault
by Brad Morgan Identity theft is one of fastest growing crimes in the United States. The loss of your personal identity is not only financially devastating, it is frightening and violating. With profound internet usage, personal information, social security numbers, credit card numbers, and banking information are being ping-ponged across the world wide web. This leaves the sender with only the ability to hope it will land in the right hands. All too often, however, this information falls
Scammer/Fraudster calling from 760-782-8008 (Warner Springs, CA)
Kierra Askew reported a Scammer/Fraudster (7607828008 from Warner Springs area, CA) . The following comments were posted: I have done my taxes with the person this number is associated with.I dont have any of this persons contact information other than this number and I have been a victim of identity theft and tax fraud.I would like more information on this person so that it may be investigated. Permalink: http://www.numberinvestigator.com/phone/760-782-8008.html
Feds bust up identity theft ring in the U.S. and Egypt
October 9, 2009 – 1:48 pm One hundred Egyptians and Americans were indicted Wednesday in what federal agents are calling one of the largest cybercrime cases ever. Fifty-three of those charged are living in the United States while the remaining hail from Egypt. In a speech on Wednesday, FBI Director Robert Mueller said that fifty had been apprehended and the remaining half were currently being pursued.The international identity theft ring was responsible for conning two banks and about 5,000 U.S.
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