VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. — Storey County detectives have arrested multiple people from out-of-state in connection to a major fraud investigation in Virginia City.
Elderly residents in the Virginia City Highlands were targeted in May 2025 by fraud suspects who posed as federal agents and bank fraud investigators, according to the Storey County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators said the suspects defrauded victims of a “substantially large amount of cash.”
RELATED: Storey County fraud investigation leads to Florida arrest
Detectives said the suspects traveled from Broward County, Florida, to victims’ addresses in Storey County, where they obtained cash and other valuable items.
Florida suspect extradited to Nevada in connection to a fraud case out of Storey County. (Credit: Storey County Sheriff’s Office)
After what the sheriff’s office described as an extensive investigation, Storey County…
IT & DATA SECURITY (MITIGATING THE “INSIDER THREAT”)
As seen in the TD Bank case, an employee with too much “access” can sell your customer data to syndicates.
- Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP): Employees should only have access to the specific folders and databases required for their current task.
- Access Revocation: Have a “Termination Checklist” that ensures all digital access (Email, VPN, Banking) is revoked within 60 minutes of an employee resigning or being dismissed.
- System Logs & Audit Trails: Enable “Read/Write Logging” on your server. If a customer’s data is leaked, you need to know exactly which login accessed that record and at what time.
- Encryption at Rest: Ensure that sensitive files (like your customer ID numbers or payroll spreadsheets) are encrypted so that if a staff member copies them to a USB, they cannot be read.