by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 11, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Recently, Turkish citizen Alper Erdogan was sentenced to more than nine years in prison and ordered to pay more than a million dollars in restitution after being convicted of aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit computer hacking and conspiracy to commit...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 1, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Everyone is aware of the epidemic of hackings of major companies, such as Target, P.F. Chang’s, Neiman Marcus, Michaels, Sally’s Beauty Supply and Goodwill Industries and, as I have repeatedly warned you, these hackings will only increase in frequency in...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 23, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Most people are familiar with Goodwill Industries, a network of agencies that sell donated clothing and household items at their stores around the country and use the proceeds of the sales to pay for job training and other community service programs. The parent...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 12, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Earlier this week Roman Valerevich Seleznev, a Russian national was arrested in Guam by federal law enforcement officers. He is charged with hacking into cash register systems at various retailers in the United States during the years 2009 through 2011. According to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 25, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Although the name of Bulgarian Aleksi Kolarov is probably not familiar to you, it probably should be. Last Friday, he was convicted of identity theft in federal court in New Jersey. For years, Kolarov was one of the leaders and operators of the website...
