Earlier this month I wrote about Antidetect , a commercial tool designed to help thieves evade fraud detection schemes employed by many e-commerce companies. That piece walked readers through a sales video for Antidetect showing the software being used to buy products online with stolen credit cards.
Convicted Tax Fraudster & Fugitive Caught
Lance Ealy, an Ohio man who fled home confinement last year just prior to his conviction on charges of filing phony tax refund requests on more than 150 Americans, was apprehended in a pre-dawn raid by federal marshals in Atlanta on Wednesday. Lance Ealy, in self-portrait he uploaded to twitter before absconding. Ealy, 28, of Dayton, Ohio, was the subject of no fewer than three previous posts on this blog .
Alleged Counterfeiter “Willy Clock” Arrested
In September 2014, I wrote about receiving a package of $500 in counterfeit U.S.
Convicted ID Thief, Tax Fraudster Now Fugitive
In April 2014, this blog featured a story about Lance Ealy , an Ohio man arrested last year for buying Social Security numbers and banking information from an underground identity theft service that relied in part on data obtained through a company owned by big-three credit bureau Experian . Earlier this week, Ealy was convicted of using the data to fraudulently claim tax refunds with the IRS in the names of more than 175 U.S
Seleznev Arrest Explains ‘2Pac’ Downtime
The U.S. Justice Department has piled on more charges against alleged cybercrime kingpin Roman Seleznev , a Russian national who made headlines in July when it emerged that he’d been whisked away to Guam by U.S