[Dataloss] follow-up: California Man Arrested in Theft of 1.8M Social Security Numbers from Veterans

[security curmudgeon]

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From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawg at netzero.net>

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