Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans 30-year-old Jerry Paul Manuel Jr. of Celeste Eufola Road and 27-year-old Mercedes Leigh Jenkins of Loray Lane, both from Statesville, were both arrested by Iredell County Sheriff’s Officers. Manuel is charged with three counts of identity theft and Jenkins is The…
Don’t fall for tax identity theft tricks, even especially if ‘Revenue Agent Koskinen’ calls you
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans One Mississippi. Two Mississippi. Someone just became an identity theft victim. The stealing of an individual’s personal data happens every two seconds. That alarming criminal frequency was part of an Internal Revenue Service presentation on ID theft and tax refund The…
Grand Theft Auto forum shut down after hack exposes up to 200,000 user details
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Up to 200,000 users of a Grand Theft Auto fan site have had their personal details exposed online after the website’s online forum was breached by hackers last month by exploiting security flaws in a piece of software called vBulletin.
Santa Rosa man and felon wanted arrested for burglary, ID theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans SONOMA COUNTY (BCN)—The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday arrested a Santa Rosa man and a felon wanted in El Dorado County after an auto burglary at a Windsor business Sunday. Robert Gilliland, 27, of Santa Rosa, and Michael Bonari, 32, The…
Three-year prison term handed down for fraud, identity theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Cape Coral man will serve time in federal prison following a sentencing earlier this week. Henry Alberto Fernandez Gomez, 30, was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in prison for access device credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft The…
Plano fire chief becomes victim in credit card theft ring
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A suspected credit card thief is out on bond after being charged with stealing credit information and running a tab worth thousands of dollars. One of the victims was Plano’s fire chief. Police set up a sting and caught their The…
POLICE BUST IDENTITY THEFT SCHEME THAT NETTED $650K
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Three people have been busted in connection to a large-scale credit card scheme that allegedly used two southwest Houston businesses to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to court records, Shalewa Olayinka, 53, applied for and obtained 116 credit The…
Augusta identity theft case not typical scam
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Patsy or big fish? One thing true of Brian Wu was that he pilfered more than $2,000 in the Augusta area over the span of just two days. He was first arrested in Aiken County for the same criminal acts in…
Government Identity Theft Is Dropping…Or Is It?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When consumers hear about identity theft, their minds may instantly go to their credit cards or their bank accounts. And to be honest, the overwhelming majority of identity theft crimes involve the fraudulent use of someone’s financial accounts. But that doesn’t…
Don’t lose yourself: avoid identity theft on social media
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans More than three-quarters of American adults are active on social media, and the numbers total approximately 2.3-billion people worldwide. By living with and through our technology, it is easier than ever before to reconnect with friends, stay in touch with family…
