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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Phishing - Jensen Beach waitress indicted in credit card theft


Jensen Beach waitress indicted in credit card theft
Palm Beach Interactive - A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a former waitress at a Jensen Beach restaurant on charges she skimmed credit card information from dozens of customers and then sold the information to someone else. Malisa Norman, 29, reportedly told federal
Source: www.palmbeachpost.com

Card thefts drop, but $97K in damage done
Las Cruces Sun-News - At least $97,000 was stolen from Las Cruces-area residents during debit card fraud incidents in February and March, but reports to police appear to have slowed over the past month. Thefts occurred nationwide, and the crimes have sparked federal
Source: www.lcsun-news.com

Those loose laptops
Providence Journal - The recent theft of a laptop computer containing sensitive account data has put Fidelity Investments on the defensive. The laptop, reportedly stolen when it was taken to a business meeting, contained information on 196,000 retirement-account
Source: www.projo.com

Justice Dept. Releases Study on Identity Theft
MichNews.com - An estimated 3.6 million households, or about 3 percent of all households in the nation, learned that they had been the victim of at least one type of identity theft during a six-month period in 2004, according to an April 2 report by the US Justice
Source: www.michnews.com

More police and court briefs
Poughkeepsie Journal - A Beacon man who admitted dealing cocaine in the city last fall was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail and placed on probation for five years. Dutchess County Court Judge Thomas J. Dolan imposed the sentence on Paul Pryor, 19, of Cross Street
Source: www.poughkeepsiejournal.com

Stafford grand jury list Stafford grand jury list
Free Lance-Star - Joseph N. Abbey, 36, Stafford, abduction, object sexual penetration, forcible sodomy and attempted rape. Brian K. Bell, 44, Stafford, driving while intoxicated (third offense), driving on a suspended license after a conviction for driving while
Source: www.fredericksburg.com