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There are more than a million veterans in Florida alone, many of whom are card carrying VA members. But the very identification card issued to them by the U.S. government could turn them into a target for fraud and identity theft.
Showing posts with label identity theft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label identity theft. Show all posts
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Minnesota National Guardsman accused of ID theft of 400 soldiers from Fort Bragg
Minn. guardsman accused of stealing military IDs
Times Leader
December 12. 2013 2:37AM
Associated Press
(AP) A Minnesota National Guardsman faces federal fraud charges in connection with the theft of names, Social Security numbers and security clearance levels of roughly 400 members of his former Army unit in Fort Bragg, N.C. The Iraq War veteran intended to use the confidential material to create fake IDs for his militia, court documents say.
Obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, the federal complaint and affidavit says Keith Michael Novak, 25, threatened to use violence if authorities came to arrest him. He also told an undercover FBI employee that he would barricade himself in his apartment and had "5,000 rounds, a thousand of it is in magazines, ready to go," according to the affidavit.
Novak, of Maplewood, was in federal custody Wednesday and unavailable for comment. His father has an unlisted number, and attempts to reach him were unsuccessful. The federal defender's office has the case, but an attorney had not been selected to represent him by Wednesday evening.
Novak served as an active-duty soldier and intelligence analyst with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg from Feb. 26, 2009, to Sept. 3, 2012, and served in Iraq in 2010. He is currently a human intelligence analyst with the Minnesota National Guard.
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Times Leader
December 12. 2013 2:37AM
Associated Press
(AP) A Minnesota National Guardsman faces federal fraud charges in connection with the theft of names, Social Security numbers and security clearance levels of roughly 400 members of his former Army unit in Fort Bragg, N.C. The Iraq War veteran intended to use the confidential material to create fake IDs for his militia, court documents say.
Obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, the federal complaint and affidavit says Keith Michael Novak, 25, threatened to use violence if authorities came to arrest him. He also told an undercover FBI employee that he would barricade himself in his apartment and had "5,000 rounds, a thousand of it is in magazines, ready to go," according to the affidavit.
Novak, of Maplewood, was in federal custody Wednesday and unavailable for comment. His father has an unlisted number, and attempts to reach him were unsuccessful. The federal defender's office has the case, but an attorney had not been selected to represent him by Wednesday evening.
Novak served as an active-duty soldier and intelligence analyst with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg from Feb. 26, 2009, to Sept. 3, 2012, and served in Iraq in 2010. He is currently a human intelligence analyst with the Minnesota National Guard.
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Friday, November 29, 2013
Arrests made after deployed Army Reservists were targeted by identity thieves
Active-duty Army reservists victims of identity theft; 2 men arrested
LA Times
By Adolfo Flores
November 29, 2013
Two men were arrested in connection with the identity theft of U.S. Army Reserve officers who were on active duty in Afghanistan, authorities said.
Mauro Cortez, 25, and Rigoberto Cortez, 29, were arrested Wednesday after the Los Angeles County Identity Theft Task Force served a search warrant at a home in Pomona, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The men were allegedly provided the identity information of more than five U.S. Army Reserve officers who were serving overseas in Afghanistan and then used it to establish lines of credit and buy cars.
Deputies found evidence at the home allegedly linking the Cortez men to the identity theft.
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LA Times
By Adolfo Flores
November 29, 2013
Two men were arrested in connection with the identity theft of U.S. Army Reserve officers who were on active duty in Afghanistan, authorities said.
Mauro Cortez, 25, and Rigoberto Cortez, 29, were arrested Wednesday after the Los Angeles County Identity Theft Task Force served a search warrant at a home in Pomona, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The men were allegedly provided the identity information of more than five U.S. Army Reserve officers who were serving overseas in Afghanistan and then used it to establish lines of credit and buy cars.
Deputies found evidence at the home allegedly linking the Cortez men to the identity theft.
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Fort Campbell ex-asst. inspector general charged with identity theft
Fort Campbell ex-asst. inspector general charged with stealing officers' IDs
Tried to pin blame on dead officer, according to indictment
Written by
The Leaf-Chronicle
July 10, 2013
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — A former assistant inspector general at Fort Campbell has been charged with using stolen soldier identities to get fraudulent bank loans.
James Robert Jones, 42, of Woodlawn was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday, announced David Rivera, acting United States attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, in a news release.
The indictment charges Jones with aggravated identity theft, bank fraud and making a false statement to a financial institution. He is further accused of trying to pin blame for the scheme on a deceased Army officer.
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Tried to pin blame on dead officer, according to indictment
Written by
The Leaf-Chronicle
July 10, 2013
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — A former assistant inspector general at Fort Campbell has been charged with using stolen soldier identities to get fraudulent bank loans.
James Robert Jones, 42, of Woodlawn was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday, announced David Rivera, acting United States attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, in a news release.
The indictment charges Jones with aggravated identity theft, bank fraud and making a false statement to a financial institution. He is further accused of trying to pin blame for the scheme on a deceased Army officer.
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
VA laptop missing two months may have compromised 7,000 veterans
Veterans Affairs says 7,000 S.C. veterans' identities may be compromised
Associated Press
Posted April 9, 2013
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Thousands of South Carolina veterans are being warned their personal information might have been compromised after a laptop went missing from the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia.
The VA says it is notifying more than 7,000 veterans that they should sign up for identity theft protection and offering them a year of free credit monitoring.
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Associated Press
Posted April 9, 2013
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Thousands of South Carolina veterans are being warned their personal information might have been compromised after a laptop went missing from the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia.
The VA says it is notifying more than 7,000 veterans that they should sign up for identity theft protection and offering them a year of free credit monitoring.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
FBI says AWOL soldier stole Microsoft Paul Allen's identity
AWOL soldier stole Microsoft co-founder's identity, FBI says
Associated Press
March 27, 2012, 1:26 p.m.
An AWOL soldier's simple scheme to defraud one of the richest men in the world has landed him in federal custody, according to a criminal complaint.
In the complaint unsealed Monday, federal investigators allege Brandon Lee Price changed the address on a bank account held by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, then had a debit card sent to his Pittsburgh home so he could use it for payments on a delinquent Armed Forces Bank account and personal expenses.
Price called Citibank in January and changed the address on an account held by Allen from Seattle to Pittsburgh, then called back three days later to say he'd lost his debit card and asked for a new one to be sent to him, an FBI investigator wrote in a criminal complaint filed in February.
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Associated Press
March 27, 2012, 1:26 p.m.
An AWOL soldier's simple scheme to defraud one of the richest men in the world has landed him in federal custody, according to a criminal complaint.
In the complaint unsealed Monday, federal investigators allege Brandon Lee Price changed the address on a bank account held by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, then had a debit card sent to his Pittsburgh home so he could use it for payments on a delinquent Armed Forces Bank account and personal expenses.
Price called Citibank in January and changed the address on an account held by Allen from Seattle to Pittsburgh, then called back three days later to say he'd lost his debit card and asked for a new one to be sent to him, an FBI investigator wrote in a criminal complaint filed in February.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Woman Wanted For Stealing From Marines
Woman Wanted For Stealing From Marines
By Megan Cassell / Reporter
ONSLOW COUNTY -- A woman last seen in Jacksonville is wanted for stealing from Marines.
When Victor Arroyo got a call from Navy Federal Credit Union saying he was writing bad checks, he had an idea of who may be to blame.
Christine Jean Maloney-Beville was his old roommate's girlfriend in 2009.
In a phone interview, he said, "I actually got a Facebook message from a Marine's wife that rented a room out to her...she ended up stealing a bunch of money and jewelry from them and ran and left behind my old checks."
She was allegedly signing his name of checks written for more than $1,000 each.
Authorities say he's not the only Marine she's targeted. Maloney-Beville has a list of arrest warrants dating back to 2007, including ID fraud, worthless checks, and most recently probation violations and failure to show up in court.
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Woman Wanted For Stealing From Marines
By Megan Cassell / Reporter
ONSLOW COUNTY -- A woman last seen in Jacksonville is wanted for stealing from Marines.
When Victor Arroyo got a call from Navy Federal Credit Union saying he was writing bad checks, he had an idea of who may be to blame.
Christine Jean Maloney-Beville was his old roommate's girlfriend in 2009.
In a phone interview, he said, "I actually got a Facebook message from a Marine's wife that rented a room out to her...she ended up stealing a bunch of money and jewelry from them and ran and left behind my old checks."
She was allegedly signing his name of checks written for more than $1,000 each.
Authorities say he's not the only Marine she's targeted. Maloney-Beville has a list of arrest warrants dating back to 2007, including ID fraud, worthless checks, and most recently probation violations and failure to show up in court.
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Woman Wanted For Stealing From Marines
Friday, February 4, 2011
Florida Grandfather Reclaims His Identity After 17 Years
Fla. Grandfather Reclaims His Identity After 17 Years
Larry Smith Served Time in Jail for a Crime Committed by Alleged Identity Thief
BY JESSICA HOPPER
Feb. 3, 2011
A homeless man who allegedly stole the identity of a Florida grandfather who spent time in jail for a crime he did not commit will be arraigned today on multiple counts that include identity theft and welfare fraud, police said.
Joseph Kidd is accused of stealing Larry Smith's identity for 17 years, also costing Smith access to his medical benefits. The other charges against Kidd are giving false information to a police officer and grand theft of services.
In 1993, Kidd was arrested and fingerprinted in California for an unspecified, nonviolent crime as "Lawrence E. Smith," beginning a nightmare for the real Lawrence E. Smith, who lives in Lehigh Acres, Fla.
Investigators say they have discovered that Kidd had a birth certificate, a marriage license and even a driver's license with Larry Smith's name on it. He married a woman in 2007 allegedly using the alias.
Amid the confusion, the real Larry Smith has been wrongly ticketed for driving a purple Camaro too fast in 2001, billed $300,000 by Medicare and almost had his driver's license revoked for offenses he didn't commit.
"I spent eight days in jail in 2006 and my wife was on the phone 24-7 saying that it's not me," Smith said. "She sent paycheck stubs from where I was working when these crimes occurred to prove it wasn't me."
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Fla. Grandfather Reclaims His Identity After 17 Years
Larry Smith Served Time in Jail for a Crime Committed by Alleged Identity Thief
BY JESSICA HOPPER
Feb. 3, 2011
A homeless man who allegedly stole the identity of a Florida grandfather who spent time in jail for a crime he did not commit will be arraigned today on multiple counts that include identity theft and welfare fraud, police said.
Joseph Kidd is accused of stealing Larry Smith's identity for 17 years, also costing Smith access to his medical benefits. The other charges against Kidd are giving false information to a police officer and grand theft of services.
In 1993, Kidd was arrested and fingerprinted in California for an unspecified, nonviolent crime as "Lawrence E. Smith," beginning a nightmare for the real Lawrence E. Smith, who lives in Lehigh Acres, Fla.
Investigators say they have discovered that Kidd had a birth certificate, a marriage license and even a driver's license with Larry Smith's name on it. He married a woman in 2007 allegedly using the alias.
Amid the confusion, the real Larry Smith has been wrongly ticketed for driving a purple Camaro too fast in 2001, billed $300,000 by Medicare and almost had his driver's license revoked for offenses he didn't commit.
"I spent eight days in jail in 2006 and my wife was on the phone 24-7 saying that it's not me," Smith said. "She sent paycheck stubs from where I was working when these crimes occurred to prove it wasn't me."
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Fla. Grandfather Reclaims His Identity After 17 Years
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Illegal Immigrant Sentenced For Using Deployed Marine's ID
Illegal Immigrant Sentenced For Using Deployed Marine's ID
By Metro Source News
Fri 07:53 AM 01/28/2011
A Mexican national who was in the country illegally has been sentenced to one year in prison for using the stolen identity of a U.S. Marine deployed to the Middle East.
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Illegal Immigrant Sentenced For Using Deployed Marine's ID
By Metro Source News
Fri 07:53 AM 01/28/2011
A Mexican national who was in the country illegally has been sentenced to one year in prison for using the stolen identity of a U.S. Marine deployed to the Middle East.
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Illegal Immigrant Sentenced For Using Deployed Marine's ID
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Vets still giving back and donate settlement money to charities
Vets donate settlement money to charities
Published: April 27, 2010 at 11:01 AM
NEW YORK, April 27 (UPI) -- Military veterans who settled an identity-theft lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs said they will donate $13 million to veterans' charities.
John Rowan, 64, of New York, a Vietnam veteran and plaintiff in the class-action suit, and about 20 million other veterans settled with the VA for $20 million, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.
The veterans sued the VA after an employee's laptop with veterans' personal data was stolen in 2006. The veterans said the VA didn't do enough to protect them after finding the sensitive information was missing, the newspaper reported.
The veterans said they will donate the money to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and the Fisher House Foundation, New York charities that help families of killed and wounded soldiers.
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Vets donate settlement money to charities
Published: April 27, 2010 at 11:01 AM
NEW YORK, April 27 (UPI) -- Military veterans who settled an identity-theft lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs said they will donate $13 million to veterans' charities.
John Rowan, 64, of New York, a Vietnam veteran and plaintiff in the class-action suit, and about 20 million other veterans settled with the VA for $20 million, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.
The veterans sued the VA after an employee's laptop with veterans' personal data was stolen in 2006. The veterans said the VA didn't do enough to protect them after finding the sensitive information was missing, the newspaper reported.
The veterans said they will donate the money to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and the Fisher House Foundation, New York charities that help families of killed and wounded soldiers.
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Vets donate settlement money to charities
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