Four men were arrested yesterday for their part in an audacious and sophisticated international identity theft scheme that scammed at least $2.5 million from dozens of banks.

They are accused of tapping into the home equity loan lines of credit of homeowners with plenty of credit available. The homeowners’ personal information was obtained from co-conspirators overseas, from public records or, in some cases, from gullible bank employees. (more…)

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Dayton Diaz admitted in court that he provided another man with the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of roughly 75 customers from the car dealership where we worked.

Until September, Diaz was sales manager at Rick Case Acura in Plantation, Fla., which gave him easy access to the information. He sold that information to Fitzroy Carter for $9,000, or $120 for each set of information. Carter then used the stolen identities to buy $130,000 worth of computers. (more…)

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A Denver grand jury indicted five defendants last week in an identity theft crime ring. Shadwick Weaver, the ringleader, is in custody and being held on $500,000 bond. Weaver has been indicted on 65 counts. Three of the others indicted by the grand jury are also in custody; a fifth defendant is at large.

During a joint investigation by the economic crimes units of the Aurora Police Department and the Denver District Attorney’s office, detectives discovered almost 300 fraudulent IDs, employee IDs, and counterfeit checks and credit cards. (more…)

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