FBI Gives Bad Advice on How to Avoid Fraud with New Microchip Credit Cards
When it comes to new technology to crack down on fraud, law enforcement sometimes offers the wrong advice.
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Identity Theft Targeted 17.6 Million Americans at Cost of $15.4B
Identity thieves victimized about 7% of the U.S.’s adult population last year, the Justice Department reported.
DEA Agent Sentenced to 2 Years for Using Fraudulently Issued Government Credit Cards
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A DEA agent was sentenced to two years in prison Monday after using fraudulently issued government credit cards to steal more than $113,000 from JPMorgan Chase & Co. Keenya Meshell Banks, 41, of Maryland, was earlier convicted of wire fraud. Banks was a program manager for the DEA and was responsible…
Justice Department Investigating Milwaukee U.S. Attorney for Alleged Misuse of Credit Card
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney James Santelle is under investigation on accusations that he misused the government-assigned credit card and violated a law barring federal employees from some political activities, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The Department of Justice is leading the investigation, which started more than a year ago following a routine audit….
Feds Charge 14 Romanians With “Phishing” Internet Scam to Get Peoples’ Personal Info
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fourteen Romanian citizens apparently banked on the gullibility of mankind. Federal authorities in Connecticut last week announced charges against the 14 for allegedly getting personal information from people on the Internet through a scheme known as “phishing.” The indictment includes allegations that one or more of the defendants in June 2005 …
Justice Dept: One of the International Kings of Credit Card Theft Data Captured in France
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — A resident of Moscow, “BadB” lived the glamorous life, hopping jets to Europe, freely spending money — even as U.S. authorities marked him as one of the world’s “most prolific sellers” of stolen credit card data. French authorities arrested Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, 27, at the airport in…
Master Hacker of Credit Cards Gets Record 13 Years
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Max Ray Vision’s impressive hacking skills were only equal to his impressive prison sentence: 13 years — the longest hacking sentence in U.S. history, according to the website WIRED. Last Friday in Pittsburgh, a federal judge sent the skilled San Francisco hacker off to prison and ordered him to pay a…