Tag Archives: identity theft rings

Miguel Bell, accused ID theft ringleader, pleads not guilty

Yeah, yeah, yeah … innocent till proven guilty … jury of his peers … I know, I know, but, really, how much nerve does it take to plead not guilty when the evidence is so not in a guy’s favor?
Miguel Bell, 29, is accused of leading a ring of 29 ID thieves who stole $1.3 [...]

LifeLock review: Fort Lauderdale ID theft ring busted; bankers, postal workers arrested

Two dozen people suspected of being part of an identity theft ring have been arrested in South Florida, according to Fort Lauderdale police. The gang is accused of stealing at least $100,000 across the region.
Police spokesman Frank Sousa said 46 people, including bank managers, bank cashiers and at least one federal postal worker, are suspected [...]

LifeLock review: Who protects their identities while they protect the nation?

Cora Dixon traded a 15-year prison term for her guilty pleas to her activities in an identity theft ring that targeted 100 reservists and sailors at Texas military bases and netted almost $2 million from them.

You need LifeLock because there are so many people like these

Barbara Watson, Helen Bates, Leroy Sanchez, Amanda Toscano and others of their ilk are the reason you need LifeLock.
Watson, of Albuquerque NM, seems to have been the ringleader of the identity theft ring and was indicted on 79 counts of identity theft.
Police found stolen credit cards belonging to 31 other people when they searched Bates’ [...]

LifeLock’s eRecon helps thwart identity thieves on the Internet

Mikhail Tuknov, of San Diego, has been indicted on 44 charges of debit card fraud, conspiracy to launder money and ID theft. The indictment alleges that Tuknov was part of an international identity theft ring responsible for the theft of approximately 1,045 debit card numbers and their associated personal identification numbers.
The crimes in which Tuknov [...]