41 tracked private-fraud cases involving identity theft.
Marian Ovidiu Dumitru and Catalin Dumitru pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with a multi-state identity theft ring that allegedly stole over $760,000 in SNAP benefits across multiple states and conducted fraudulent purchases totaling $1,160,324 at Sam's Club locations.
A former finance executive at The Epoch Times pleaded guilty to a $67 million fraud scheme involving cryptocurrency and stolen funds, including illicit proceeds from unemployment insurance benefits and stolen personal information, that financed the newspaper's operations.
Weidong 'Bill' Guan, former CFO of The Epoch Times, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a money laundering scheme involving approximately $67 million in funds derived from stolen personal information, fraudulently obtained unemployment benefits, and cryptocurrency transactions routed through the company's accounts.
A South Carolina woman pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft.
A 29-year-old former employee of a T-Mobile authorized retailer is accused of defrauding customers by keeping trade-in phones, activating unauthorized cellular lines, and falsifying billing records, allegedly causing the business over $26,000 in documented losses.
Phillip Digennaro is charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering in connection with allegations that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars by filing false class action lawsuit claims.
Lexus Inez Lewis, a former Jacksonville bank employee, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Lewis faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for wire fraud and a consecutive mandatory minimum of two years for aggravated identity theft.
A South Dakota man pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and obtaining drugs by fraud after allegedly stealing the identities of medical professionals to order thousands of opioid pills.
The FTC alleges that Amazon withheld transaction records and evidence from identity theft victims in violation of consumer protection law. Amazon settled the matter and was ordered to pay $2.25 million in fines.
The FTC alleges that Amazon failed to meet requirements under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, resulting in identity theft harm to consumers. Amazon agreed to pay 2.25 million dollars to settle the civil action.
The FTC alleged that Amazon knowingly violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by routinely refusing to provide transaction records to identity theft victims seeking documentation of fraudulent transactions made with their personal data. Amazon settled the charges by paying 2.25 million dollars in civil penalties.
Two men were sentenced to prison for identity theft and fraud conspiracy. Specific details regarding the defendants' names, loss amounts, and victim count are not provided in the press release.
Gilberto Barron pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft relating to his participation in a nearly $10 million real estate fraud scheme operated with a federal inmate serving time for another fraud conviction.
James Raymond Hanes pleaded guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a vehicle financing scheme involving stolen identities, fake driver's licenses, and fraudulent loans used to obtain and resell cars.
A Louisiana woman is alleged to have committed felony fraud and identity theft through a series of purchases at multiple fast-food locations over approximately one year.
Le Van Hung pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit identity theft in connection with a transnational scheme to launder approximately $67 million of illegally obtained funds to benefit a multinational media company headquartered in New York.
Santiago Sabino Duron and Orlando Julio Torres are charged with stealing a shopper's wallet at Aventura Mall by distracting her in an elevator and subsequently using her stolen credit cards to make approximately $4,000 in fraudulent purchases.
Four individuals in New Hampshire and Georgia are charged with allegedly operating a $3 billion healthcare fraud and money laundering scheme tied to a Russian transnational criminal organization, involving fraudulent Medicare claims, identity theft, and distribution of unnecessary medical equipment with proceeds laundered through U.S. banks and overseas accounts.
A Dominican national unlawfully residing in Massachusetts was sentenced to more than two years in prison for misuse of a Social Security number, passport fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation.
Devon Ragnauth, a Manhattan senior living facility employee, is charged with grand larceny, fraud, and identity theft for allegedly stealing over $400,000 from senior residents and using the funds for luxury items and vacations.
Roosevelt Gulley was sentenced to four years and six months in prison and ordered to pay $575,425 in restitution after pleading guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft related to unemployment insurance fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Chicago man is charged with burglary and identity theft, accused of being a serial mail thief.
Daniel Lee Kirby is alleged to have committed identity theft and check fraud involving stolen identities and fraudulent checks in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Scott Bagley pleaded guilty to bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. He faces up to 30 years in prison and a maximum fine of 1 million dollars.
A Richmond County man is charged with 45 offenses including larceny, identity theft, and stalking across the Carolinas.
A defendant was sentenced to 45 months for an identity theft scheme spanning seven states that allegedly impacted 18 victims, with restitution ordered of over $47,000.
David Kyle Tucker is charged with nine counts of felony identity theft and nine counts of felony obtaining property by false pretense for allegedly using a fraudulently obtained credit card to make unauthorized purchases at seven businesses in Iredell County.
A Cohoes man pleaded guilty to grand larceny and identity theft after embezzling over 4 million dollars from his employer.
Teresa Desy Majo, a former CFO, is charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with an alleged embezzlement scheme involving her employer.
Jennifer Poliandro pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a fraud scheme.
A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.
A federal grand jury indicted six individuals on charges of conspiracy to commit identity theft, wire fraud, bank fraud, social security misuse, aggravated identity theft, and forced labor.
A Bremerton, Washington woman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft for her role in a scheme to steal approximately $229,000 from banks and bank customers.
Christina Marie Chapman was sentenced to 102 months in prison for her role in a fraudulent scheme that allegedly assisted North Korean workers posing as U.S. citizens in obtaining and working in remote IT positions at more than 300 U.S. companies.
A North Carolina man was sentenced to 121 months in prison for operating a seven-year scheme in which he allegedly sold personal information of over 7 million elderly Americans to Jamaican lottery fraud scammers.
Two sisters are charged in a 16-count indictment with allegedly defrauding a national retailer and individuals through gift card and debit card fraud schemes. One sister pleaded not guilty at an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
The California Attorney General charged 21 individuals with alleged Medi‑Cal hospice fraud that used stolen identities to enroll fake patients and bill the state for non‑existent care.
The lawsuit alleged that Trader Joe’s receipt practices exposed shopper consumers to an identity theft risk, resulting in a settlement of up to $7.4 million.
A British individual has pleaded guilty in a federal court to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and cryptocurrency theft charges.
The California Attorney General charged 21 individuals with orchestrating a $267 million hospice fraud scheme that used stolen identities to fraudulently bill Medi-Cal.
Five individuals are alleged to have committed a hospice fraud scheme that defrauded California's Medi-Cal system, involving fraudulent billing and stolen identities, with losses of $267 million.