ID Theft Alleged at D.C. Blockbuster

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: ID Theft Alleged at D.C. Blockbuster


ID Theft Alleged at D.C. Blockbuster
Ex-Worker Accused of Taking Customer Data, Spending $117,000

By Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 26, 2005; B02

A former employee of the Blockbuster video store in Dupont Circle has
been indicted on charges of stealing customers' identities, then
using them to buy more than $117,000 in trips, electronics and other
goods, including a Mercedes-Benz.

A grand jury charged that Miles N. Holloman stole credit card
numbers, Social Security numbers and other private financial
information from the application files of 65 customers of the
Blockbuster store in 2003, then used some of that data to open retail
store and credit card accounts.

According to the indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, Holloman,
25, repeatedly succeeded in pretending to be other people.

Prosecutors say he allegedly ran up major expenses by tapping the
credit of at least five people. In one case, they say, Holloman
obtained a replacement credit card in one male customer's name, then
used that credit card to buy a used 2002 Mercedes and to obtain a
D.C. driver's license that bore the customer's name but Holloman's
picture.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/25/AR2005042501
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