Not long after completing a four-year prison term for credit card fraud and identify theft, a Rhode Island man began stealing credit cards from Connecticut residents, making $48,000 in fraudulent payments.
A Hartford man was sentenced in Hartford yesterday to 14 months of imprisonment for violating the conditions of his supervised release.
A federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging Henry Fellela Jr., 61, of Johnston, Rhode Island, with credit card fraud and stealing the identities of Connecticut residents.
A Nigerian citizen was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 45 months of imprisonment for his supervisory role in an email scheme.
A 58-year-old Hartford man pleaded guilty this week to bank fraud and identity theft charges stemming from a mail theft and check-cashing scheme.
Elijah Chin, 28, of Federal Way, Washington, was sentenced earlier this week to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for fraud and identity theft offenses stemming from a credit card fraud scheme. He was also ordered to pay full restitution.
A Connecticut mother of four who prosecutors say stole more than $70,000 from more than a dozen people in a series of identity thefts is scheduled to be sentenced.
Authorities say a former city employee in New Haven made $13,000 worth of unauthorized transactions on a city credit card.
A Wallingford man was arrested on a criminal complaint, charging him with bankruptcy fraud, identity theft and conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud and identity theft.
A Washington man has pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to fraud and identity theft offenses stemming from a credit card fraud scheme.
A man from Richton Park, Illinois, was charged with six counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft stemming from a scheme to defraud state unemployment insurance programs in Connecticut and several other states.
A Washington man was recently charged in New Haven on a four-count indictment on fraud and identity theft offenses.
A West Haven woman was sentenced yesterday to 48 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for operating a fraud and identity theft scheme.
A Wallingford man was recently charged with stealing Bitcoins in a dark web phishing scheme. Bitcoins are a form of electronic currency and online marketplaces on the dark web typically accept them as a payment method.
