AT&T Temp Arrested For Data Theft Stole co-workers' info, took out loans online.... Tipped by Greg_Z 
According to the Chicago Tribune, an AT&T temp was arrested late last week after the employee stole the personal information of roughly 2,100 co-workers. After stealing the information, the employee cut and pasted victim information onto dummy pay stubs, then faxed them to loan companies in order to take out significant loans. Many of the victims weren't made aware of the crime until they were contacted by collection agencies. Cassandra Walls, 25, of Chicago was indicted on 5 counts of wire fraud and 5 counts of aggravated identity theft in federal court, according to the Tribune.
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Your Identity, Stolen. | |
|  |  winsyrstrifeRiver City BouncePremium
join:2002-04-30
Brooklyn, NY | Re: WOW Privacy hasn't been a concern of AT&T's for some time now.
Have your identity stolen or have your personal data handed to the NSA with an eager smile.
Choices, choices. | |
| | |  en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Re: WOW Right - seems like a double standard here....
They're eager to 'give it away' to NSA w/o warrant/due process
But they don't like it when one of their own does it.
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| | | AT&T released a cryptic memo to the Associated Press that all stolen identities would be made available to the respected individuals sometime "Late Summer".
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| | 2100 victims, but only 5 counts? Its almost like Telco math. | |
| |  ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Grafton, WV | Re: 2100 victims, but only 5 counts? Could mean that she stole the info of 2100 people (victims of having their info stolen) but only used 5 of them for the loans (hence the 5 counts of each charge) or only applied for 5 loans (doubt she used multiple names for a single loan). | |
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Wonder if she had a substitute teacher for her math class... | |
| |  cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
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| Depending on what the statutes read, it may not make a difference 5 or 2100. If they were to charge her with 2100 counts, the defense could make difficult/expensive to prove all 2100 counts individually. And even if she were to be convicted of 2100 counts, if the sentences were to be served concurrently then she would still be out in the same amount of time. Instead, the prosecution probably chose 5 of the most obvious or egregious cases and ran with those. | |
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Whittier, AK |  At least they kept it in the family
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| | | | Re: At least they kept it in the family Apparently they thought it was a foolproof plan?????
Dummies.  | |
| | | | said by caco:"Jermaine Jones, 27, who lives with Walls, and Walls' sister, Deedra Massey, 40, of Naperville were also indicted. All three were taken into custody this morning and then released on $4,500 bond each following appearances in federal court." The Union is upset that she didn't pay her union dues.   | |
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 Sweet WitchBe the flame, not the moth.Premium,MVM
join:2003-07-15
Gallifrey | Um, Idiots. | |
| | | | Re: Um, yep. unfortunately this is not limited to just att, there are idiots everywhere and they rule the world. | |
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Smyrna, DE | Cold bed no more Looks like Comcast isn't lonely in the bed anymore. They now have ATT to cuddle with.  | |
|  major marcoRes Firma Mitescere NescitPremium
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Stepford, CA | DUH...we graddauated frum a purty good sekurty program Why does a friggen temp have access to confidential employee data in the first place? I don't suppose AT&T has ever heard of security or a privilege log. | |
| |  HpowerRoflmao
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Glendale, CA
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| Re: DUH...we graddauated frum a purty good sekurty program No shet. At my workplace, I never give any temp access to our confidential data let alone network drives that have any information. Just their own private drive, email, and internet access (strictly monitored).
GJ AT&T!
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| | NormanSPremium,MVM
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| I worked as a temp, and had access to components worth several thousands of dollars. Depends on the nature of the job responsibilities.
The really intriguing thing is that the company which owned those components had terminated me for cause (attendance) a couple of years earlier. They owned the facility, and the contents, but contracted labor to a third party, which, in turn, hired temps to meet their facility staffing requirements.
BTW, most temps I've known have been at least as honorable as their regular hire counterparts.
(Oh, and that third party contractor was even stricter about attendance than the company that canned me; but I had learned my lesson!)
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 Rogue WolfAte Your Homework, And Framed The Dog
join:2003-08-12
Troy, NY | Why do dumb people keep trying to be criminals? Seriously. If you were smart enough to be a criminal mastermind and execute a broad identity-theft scheme without the government tracking you down... would you be a temporary worker for AT&T in the first place?
A note to would-be amateur criminals: They'll probably catch you, and you'll probably go to prison for a good long while and have absolutely nothing to look forward to when you get out. Only the white-collar folks get to go to Club Fed.
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|  koma3504AdvocatePremium
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North Richland Hills, TX | Bad Apple LOL I was told there was no bad apples at AT&T.
Probally gonna be hard for those to get their credit cleared up Hopfully AT&T will help with that. | |
| | | wtf? I love how you are quick to jump on AT&T for this. How is it their fault that one person broke out on their own to do this? | |
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