Armonk, NY
News
Three Involved In $3M Stolen Credit Card Ring Busted In Westchester Three Involved In $3M Stolen Credit Card Ring Busted In Westchester
Three Involved In $3M Stolen Credit Card Ring Busted In Westchester Three members of an alleged nationwide multi-million dollar stolen credit card ring were reportedly arrested in Westchester, according to the Westchester County Business Journal. The ring’s alleged leader, Hamilton Eromosele was charged with aggravated identity theft and he and two others, Youssouf “Slim” Traore and Deja Monet were charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, according to a WestfairOnline.com report. The credit card ring reportedly made more than $3 million in unauthorized purchases. The report states that the trio was arrested at a New Rochelle apartment and arrested on a…

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by Zak Failla
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring
Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring An Edgewater man conspired with the owner of a shuttered go-go bar to use stolen credit card information – and illegally acquired gift cards – to steal more than $12 million, authorities said. Kevin Bae, 30, shared a bank account with the Morris County bar owner “into which millions of dollars were transferred” through the scheme, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. They generated the money through a variety of scams, including scaring elderly people over the phone into buying gift cards by pretending to be a grandchild who was in jail and needed bail money, Grewal said. The own…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Fairfield County Man Sentenced In ICE 'Dark Web' Child Porn Case Fairfield County Man Sentenced In ICE 'Dark Web' Child Porn Case
Fairfield County Man Sentenced In ICE 'Dark Web' Child Porn Case A Fairfield County man was sentenced for possessing child pornography after his conviction in a 'Dark Web' investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations division in New Haven. The HSI operation led by special agents revealed in 2017 that Michael Hull, 61, of Shelton, was accessing the dark web to search for, view and download child pornography.  He was sentenced in federal court to five years in federal prison and five years of supervised release. In May 2017, HSI agents and Shelton police officers conducted a court-authorized search of Hu…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
Business
Card Data Stolen From 5 Million Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue Customers Card Data Stolen From 5 Million Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue Customers
Card Data Stolen From 5 Million Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue Customers Two of the nation's premier department stores suffered a security breach that has compromised credit and debit card as well as personal information for more than five million customers. About 125,000 cards used at Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue have been released for sale so far on dark web forums, according to Gemini Advisory, a New York-based cyber-security firm. For a notice about the breach published by Gemini Advisory, click here. A spokesman for the Hudson's Bay Company, which owns both chain stores, confirmed the breach and released separate statements for customers of both…

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by Daily Voice