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Palm Beach County Health Department Employee Arrested for Stealing Patient Information
U.S. Attorney’s Office February 12, 2013 Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that Salita St. Simon, 30, of Belle Glade, was arrested today on a charge of…
Eleven South Florida Residents Charged in $34 Million Stolen Identity Tax Refund Scheme
U.S. Attorney’s Office February 08, 2013 Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI); Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; and Paula Reid, Special Agent…
Castor Announces Progress in Combating Identity Theft and Tax Fraud
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor detailed today the progress made in the fight against identity theft and tax-related crimes, and announced the filing of new legislation to continue the momentum. Together with Rep. Rich Nugent, Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor and local law enforcement, Castor has pressed successfully for strong action…
Miami U.S. Attorney Issues Warning and Crackdown on ID Theft
Guard your identity with your life, warns South Florida’s top law enforcement official. U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer says the double whammy of ID theft and tax-refund scams are the “new Medicare fraud,” picking the pockets of hard-working people and the federal government every year for billions of dollars. “We need…
Fourteen Defendants Charged in Separate Stolen Identity Refund Schemes
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Richard Weber, Chief, IRS-Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI); Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Miami Office; Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service; Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge;…
Examples of Identity Theft Schemes – Fiscal Year 2013
The following examples of identity theft schemes are written from public record documents on file in the court records in the judicial district in which the cases were prosecuted. Alabama Woman Sentenced for Identity Theft Conspiracy On January 2, 2013, in Montgomery, Ala., Nakesha Donaldson was sentenced to 57 months…
