Category: ID Theft
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Anthony “Boo Boo” Gosha And Thirty Conspirators Sentenced For Multi Million Dollar Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme – eCrimeBytes Nibble #5
I had to read this case when the ring leader was named “Boo Boo”. This story reads like a movie: According to the evidence presented at trial and sentencing, between November 2010…
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Four FL Defendants Sentenced For Identity Theft And Tax Fraud – eCrimeBytes Nibble #4
Another electronic crime case is brewing for eCrimeBytes: Wolf Obin, 32, of Miami-Dade, was sentenced to 64 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Stanley Moscova, 28, of…
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FEMA IT Staff Arrested In ID Theft & Tax Refund Fraud Scheme – eCrimeBytes Nibble #3
This is another interesting story where a FEMA insider steals tens of thousands of identities: An information technology specialist at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was arrested this week on suspicion of hacking…
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Founder Of Fake Prisoner Charity Sentenced For Stealing Over $12M In Tax Refunds Using Prisoner Identities
Let’s get another case posted that is tax related, since it’s tax season. In this case Qadir Shabazz (a/k/a Deangelo Moore, a/k/a Deangelo Muhammad), a founder of a fake prison charity called…
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Three FL Officers Charged, One Sentenced, For Selling Identities And Tax Fraud – eCrimeBytes Nibble #1
This is an interesting case where police officers were the criminals selling stolen identity information: In Belliard’s case, he is accused of selling State of Florida Department of Corrections Daily Intake Lists…
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Florida Sisters Net $25M In IRS Tax Fraud Scheme
It’s tax season! In that spirit, here is a case involving two sisters that filed thousands of fraudulent returns: According to a federal indictment, sisters Petra Gomez and Jakeline Lumucso submitted more…
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Medical Assistant Accused Of ID Theft, Stealing $31,000
From the following news article: https://www.databreaches.net/pa-medical-assistant-charged-with-stealing-and-misusing-patient-identity-information/ An investigation by the Office of Attorney General found that Latimer used her cell phone to take photos of patient information forms and licenses while working…
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Officer Live Streams Traffic Stop On TikTok
This is a crazy story: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/man-claims-cop-pulled-him-over-just-to-stream-a-traffic-stop-on-tiktok/ There were real implications of sharing the victim’s personal information via the stream: Approximately 20 minutes later, Osby found out that Castillo had livestreamed the traffic…
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eCrimeBytes S 1, Ep 6: An ID Theft Gang In Florida
Ya wanna make some money? – Latonia Verdell to Starling Willis … isn’t this how every great criminal business enterprise starts out? It’s the ladies’ episode! This week we look at an…