Comcast Employee Busted As Part of Identity Theft Ring Police in Shreveport, Louisiana have arrested ten individuals with connections to an identity and cable theft ring in the area, fueled in part by a Comcast employee. According to local news outlets, two brothers working for a Comcast subcontractor paid a Comcast employee for access to personal subscriber information. They then used that information to pitch free service and equipment to area locals, using the stolen data to trick Comcast's systems.

quote: In a press conference Tuesday, Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator said this ring was only discovered after out-of-state customers received delinquent bills with Shreveport addresses and called to complain. "You might think this is a computer glitch. Most of the time, it's not, computers don't usually put the wrong address in another person's name. Something's going on somewhere. When you first smell a rat, call us," Prator said. All in all, about 1,200 Comcast customers had their account information used to open fraudulent cable accounts. Losses for Comcast and the subcontractor are being estimated at When the customers agreed to the free service, the scammers then collected $300 dollars for each new account from the Comcast subcontractor. The scam was only discovered after out of state customers called the police regarding delinquent bills:All in all, about 1,200 Comcast customers had their account information used to open fraudulent cable accounts. Losses for Comcast and the subcontractor are being estimated at somewhere around $3 million . The two brothers at the heart of the scheme are still at large. Police believe they've been conducting the scheme in numerous cities and may currently be operating somewhere in Maryland.







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tshirt

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Snohomish, WA 2 recommendations tshirt Premium Member Same sort of scam was used (and reported here) a few years ago in... ..large eastern city (Baltimore?,philly? ???) only requires a dishonest sub-contractor, and in this case an employee thinking short-term gain.

Seems too easy to get some people to try cheating the "big evil corp" and we all end up paying.

Perhaps if we chopped off the hands of thieves their future numbers would shrink.



Send them to the gator farm