A Florida man was arrested on Thursday after participating in a bribery scheme. The bribery case aimed at supporting an illegal bitcoin exchange operated by his son and owned by an Israeli behind a sequence of hacking attacks on organizations, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. According to Reuters, Michael Murgio,…
$1.1 million fraud scheme gets N.J Women 7 years in jail
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans SOMERVILLE — A former Morris County Investment Adviser who pleaded guilty to organizing a $1.178 million Securities and Annuities fraud scheme was sentenced to seven years in prison Monday in Somerset County Superior Court. Janet Fooshee, 63, pleaded guilty in December…
Rigzone Founder Arrested For The Allegedly Hacked Data In Wire Fraud Scheme
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The FBI on March 30 arrested David W. Kent in Spring, Texas, on charges of computer hacking and wire fraud for his alleged role in a scheme to steal proprietary Rigzone information and use it to defraud Rigzone’s parent company, DHI…
Six people charged in mortgage scheme
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Six people are charged with mortgage fraud and bank fraud in an identity theft scheme. A federal grand jury indicted an attorney, real estate agent, mortgage originator and loan officer on 22 counts for allegedly obtaining money for which they were…
Labor would fund child abuse redress scheme
Labor would commit at least $33 million to a national redress scheme, new redress agency and oversight council to compensate victims of institutional child abuse if they were to win the next election. The Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse recommended the government establish a single $4.01 billion scheme, largely…
How a UPS Driver Foiled a Credit Card Fraud Scheme
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A hero walks among us, and he’s wearing brown shorts, a brown shirt and maybe even a brown hat. His… For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com The post How a UPS Driver Foiled a Credit Card…
Russian hacker admits role in huge $300m data theft scheme
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Russian hacker called Vladimir Drinkman has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a data breach scheme that stole 160 million credit card details from US companies and resulted in losses estimated at $300m. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said…
Last defendant sentenced in identity theft scheme devised by P’burg man
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The last defendant in anidentity fraud scheme run by a Phillipsburg man was sentenced Tuesday to 33 months in prison, authorities said. Brandon Jones, 34, of Reading, will also have to pay $72,554 in restitution, U.S. District Court Judge Edward Smith…
Russian hacker admits role in massive data breach scheme
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Russian man has pleaded guilty to his role in a worldwide cyber crime scheme to breach payment processors, retailers and financial institutions, resulting in over 160 million stolen credit card numbers. Vladimir Drinkman admitted partaking in the global plot nearly…
Former U.S. Government Employee Charged in Computer Hacking and Cyber Stalking Scheme
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans WASHINGTON—A former locally-employed staff member of the U.S. Embassy in London was charged with engaging in a hacking and cyberstalking scheme in which, using stolen passwords, he obtained sexually explicit photographs and other personal information from victims’ e-mail and social media…