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North Jersey authorities arrest 11 in ID-theft scheme
From: Erica Absetz <erica () riskbasedsecurity com>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 10:58:14 -0400
http://www.northjersey.com/news/North_Jersey_authorities_arrest_11_in_ID-theft_scheme_that_victimized_dozens_.html Authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of 11 people they allege were part of an identity theft scheme that victimized dozens of people and resulted in the loss of more than $150,000. The arrests came after an investigation that involved 30 police departments and more than 70 victims, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said in a statement. He said the arrests were all made on Thursday, and a press conference would be held Friday to provide more details about the alleged ring. Nine of the accused are from Paterson, one is from Wayne and one lives in South Carolina. The victims had recently applied for new or refinanced mortgages through NJ Lenders Corp. of Little Falls, which stored files, including its customers’ personal information, at C. Marino Records, a warehouse in Paterson. An employee at the warehouse, Kyle Davis, 48, allegedly sold the victim’s profiles to Shontera N. Jennings, 32. Davis and Jennings both live in Paterson. NJ Lenders provided information to authorities that aided the investigation, Molinelli said. Jennings allegedly used the victims’ identities to apply for credit cards affiliated with retailers including Annie Sez, Victoria’s Secret and Layne Bryant, and added authorized buyers to those accounts. The buyers then made purchases that were charged to those credit cards, presenting photo identification to prove that they were on the authorized buyer list, Molinelli said. Molinelli said investigators used video surveillance from store security cameras that showed some of the accused making illegal credit card transactions. All of the accused are charged with trafficking in personal identifying information, theft by deception and conspiracy to commit theft by deception, Molinelli said. They all were being held Thursday at the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $300,000 cash bail apiece. In addition to Jennings and Davis, Paterson residents Lakia L. Thomas, 34, Judith Broadnax, 47, Angel M. Leary, 35, Oliver J. Hall, 40, Mark Gordon, 43, Danisha L. Greene, 35, and Randolph Grant Jr., 36, were arrested during Thursday’s sweep, Molinelli said. Also arrested were June W. Mattiex, 55, of Wayne and Jannelle F. Fields, 35, of Walterboro, S.C. Molinelli said police departments across North Jersey began receiving complaints last year from people who said they were getting mail from credit card companies affiliated with retail stores congratulating them on opening accounts that they had not opened. He said the victims also received bills that included charges made by authorized buyers they did not know. The complaints continued into this year, Molinelli said. The Identity Theft Task Force of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office conducted the investigation with at least 13 police departments in the counties of Bergen, Passaic, Morris and Somerset, Molinelli said. Englewood, Franklin Lakes, Ho-Ho-Kus, Midland Park,Montvale, North Haledon, Paterson, Saddle Brook, Saddle River and Upper Saddle Riverwere among the police departments involved. The arrests were made one day after a state Superior Court judge in Hackensack issued five search warrants and 11 arrest warrants, Molinelli said. _______________________________________________ Dataloss-discuss Mailing List (dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Unsubscribe at http://datalossdb.org/mailing_list Supporters: Risk Based Security (http://www.riskbasedsecurity.com/) Risk Based Security equips organizations with security intelligence, risk management services and on-demand security solutions to establish customized risk-based programs to address information security and compliance challenges. Tenable Network Security (http://www.tenable.com/) Tenable Network Security provides a suite of solutions which unify real-time vulnerability, event and compliance monitoring into a single, role-based, interface for administrators, auditors and risk managers to evaluate, communicate and report needed information for effective decision making and systems management.
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