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Malcolm X youngest daughter behind bars in identity theft case

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Malikah Shabazz, the youngest daughter of black civil rights leader Malcolm X, is in prison for failing to start paying back money stolen in an identity theft case, law enforcement sources confirmed on Thursday.

Shabazz, 46, pleaded guilty in June to stealing the identity of a longtime family friend and using it to make $55,000 in ...

Two charged in Rhode Island for identity fraud of ill, elderly

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - Two Rhode Island men were charged on Thursday with conspiring to steal the identities of elderly and terminally-ill people to set up investments that reaped more than $25 million in death benefits from insurance companies and bond issuers.

A 66-count federal indictment details a scheme prosecutors said was carried out by Joseph Caramadre, 49, CEO of Estate ...

While TD Ameritrade maintains that no identity theft resulted because of a 2007 breach, it has decided to compensate customers "in the interest of helping ease" their concerns.

A U.S. District Court judge has approved a settlement stemming from the 2007 TD Ameritrade breach that exposed the personal information of some 6.3 million customers, two years after a ...

NY police break up international ID theft ring

New York police have broken up an international identity theft ring that made fake credit cards using information swiped off real cards in banks, restaurants and retail stores, according to authorities.

More than 111 people have been charged and 86 were detained in the operation, which involved five criminal organizations in the New York borough of Queens with links in ...

New York police break up huge identify theft ring

New York police have broken up an international identity theft ring that made fake credit cards using information swiped off real cards in banks, restaurants and retail stores, according to authorities.

More than 111 people have been charged and 86 were detained in the operation, which involved five criminal organizations in the New York borough of Queens with links in ...

Online ID thief sentenced to 14 years

A man who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and identity theft charges received a 14-year prison sentence.

A man who pleaded guilty on April 4 to one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. to 14 years in prison.

Tony Perez III, 21, of ...

Malcolm X daughter gets probation for identity theft

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The youngest daughter of black civil rights leader Malcolm X was sentenced to five years probation on Thursday for stealing the identity of a longtime family friend and using it to make more than $55,000 in illegal credit card purchases.

Malikah Shabazz, 46, pleaded guilty in June to identity theft in state Supreme Court in Queens ...

Rogelio Hackett Jr., 25, of Lithonia, Ga., stole more than 675,000 stolen credit card numbers used to conduct fraudulent transactions totaling more than $36 million.

A Georgia man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after authorities found him in possession of more than 675,000 stolen credit card numbers that he used to conduct fraudulent transactions totaling ...

Rogelio Hackett, who stole more than half a million credit card numbers used to rack up nearly $40 million in illicit debt, was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison and fined $100,000.

Hackett, 25, pleaded guilty in April to trafficking in counterfeit credit cards and aggravated identity theft.

When US Secret Service agents searched his home two years ...

Take steps to avoid international transaction fees and to prevent your card from being denied or stolen.

Take steps to avoid international transaction fees and to prevent your card from being denied or stolen.

If you're taking a vacation soon, you probably have a checklist of all the things you need to do before you go. Pack the bags ...

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