California Man Arrested in Theft of 1.8M Social Security Numbers from Veterans
Erika M. Torres writes in The OC Register:
A man who purchased $5,600 in jewelry at a store in Tustin using three fraudulent credit cards, one belonging to actor Marlon Wayans, was arrested Thursday in Los Angeles after a months-long investigation, said Tustin police Lt. John Strain.More here.
The investigation also uncovered from his home computer about 1.8 million Social Security numbers from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, where Kim had been employed as an auditor. Veterans Affairs' officials have said only 185,000 numbers are at risk because many were repeated in the file.
Tae Kim, 28, was booked at Orange County Jail and is being held in lieu of $1 million bail after being arrested at 5 p.m. Thursday at a car wash in Koreatown, police said.
On April 7, two Asian men identified as Kim and Justin Hong, purchased jewelry from Jewelry Exchange at 15732 Tustin Village Way using three skimmed cards belong to three different victims, one of whom was actor Marlon Wayans, Strain said.
(Props, Pogo Was Right.)
posted by Fergie @ 11/16/2007 06:51:00 PM
1 Comments:
Fergie,
This shows that it may take a year or two, but leaked data that is of use to e-criminals will eventually surface and be used for identity theft.
Dave @ APWG
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