An Orlando husband-and-wife team stole roughly $550,000 in a massive “phishing scam” that compromised the identifies of nearly 400 people, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced today.
Steve Vincent Barone, 46, and Robin Elaina Barone, 44, were arrested today on charges of organized scheme to defraud, grand theft and criminal use of personal identification after a nine-month investigation.
They are accused of leading “a criminal organization that obtained personal information from JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo accountholders by soliciting citizens via e-mail. With the victims’ personal information, the Barones ordered replacement debit cards and had the fraudulent cards sent to themselves at numerous Central Florida addresses,” FDLE said in a statement.
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