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You Can Get Up To $7,500 In Massive Cellphone Data Breach Settlement: Here's How
Customers whose personal or call record information was compromised in two major AT&T data breaches may be eligible to receive as much as $7,500.
AT&T has agreed to pay $177 million to settle claims from two data breaches announced in March and July 2024 that exposed sensitive customer information. The settlement covers US residents whose data was included in either incident and offers payments of up to $7,500 for documented losses.
The first breach involved names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, birth dates, account passcodes, billing account numbers, and Socia…
$1.4M Maryland Fraud: Couple Lived Large With Cruises, Exotic Birds, Home Renovations: Feds
A South Carolina husband and wife lived it up for more than a decade — jetting off on cruises, renovating their home, spoiling their pets, and racking up six figures at Walmart — all on the dime of a Maryland business they targeted in a $1.4 million fraud scheme, federal prosecutors said.
Robin Joseph, 64, of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, was sentenced on Monday, July 28, to 39 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in the massive embezzlement and identity theft scheme, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.
Joseph …
Three Charged For AT&T Armed Robberies, Pistol-Whipping Employee In Maryland: Police
Several people have been charged in connection to the robbery of an AT&T store in Rockville, authorities say.
Jalonte Malik Cole, 27, Sammie David Smith, 28, and Rayvon Marquis Drayton, 25, are accused of the armed robbery of the store in the 12000 block of Rockville Pike that occurred Thursday, Aug.18, according to Montgomery County Police.
The suspects entered the store shortly before 9 p.m., announcing the robbery by whipping a victim on the head with a handgun, police said.
The suspects then forced employees into the back office and storage area of the store and demanded the employ…
