[privacy] California Man Arrested in Theft of 1.8M Social Security Numbers from Veterans

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The OC Register (Props, Pogo Was Right).

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A man who purchased $5,600 in jewelry at a store in Tustin using three
fraudulent credit cards, one belonging to actor Marlon Wayans, was arrested
Thursday in Los Angeles after a months-long investigation, said Tustin
police Lt. John Strain.

The investigation also uncovered from his home computer about 1.8 million
Social Security numbers from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, where
Kim had been employed as an auditor. Veterans Affairs' officials have said
only 185,000 numbers are at risk because many were repeated in the file.

Tae Kim, 28, was booked at Orange County Jail and is being held in lieu of
$1 million bail after being arrested at 5 p.m. Thursday at a car wash in
Koreatown, police said.

On April 7, two Asian men identified as Kim and Justin Hong, purchased
jewelry from Jewelry Exchange at 15732 Tustin Village Way using three
skimmed cards belong to three different victims, one of whom was actor
Marlon Wayans, Strain said.

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More:
http://www.ocregister.com/news/kim-numbers-affairs-1924451-security-social

- - ferg

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