Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says she’ll back a strict voter identification bill that would require a photo ID at the polls, proof of citizenship to register and require states to regularly turn over voter rolls to the Department of Homeland Security.
The proposal recently cleared the GOP-controlled House despite near unanimous opposition from Democrats, including Maine Reps. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree.
Golden had supported a previous version of the bill, but he and three other centrist Democrats opposed the measure that cleared the House last week, 218-213.
The amended version includes a requirement that states turn over their voting rolls to the Department of Homeland Security to check for noncitizen voters, an extremely small number according to voting rights advocates on the left and right. Noncitizens are already barred from voting in federal elections.
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THE TD BANK INSIDER “BRIBE-FOR-DATA” SCHEME (USA)
Date: February 17, 2026 Perpetrator: Edward Low (Former Bank Employee)
Case Description: In a high-profile case of “Insider Threat,” Edward Low, a former employee of TD Bank in New York, pleaded guilty in a New Jersey federal court to accepting bribes in exchange for confidential customer data. Between 2021 and 2022, Low leveraged his internal access to harvest the personal details of high-balance account holders. He then sold this “hot data” to external fraud syndicates for as little as $26,700 in personal kickbacks.
The external fraudsters used the information Low provided to conduct “Account Takeovers” (ATO), creating fraudulent checks and falsifying bank records to drain over $500,000 from unsuspecting customers. Low even went as far as helping co-conspirators open shell company accounts at a second financial institution where he was later employed. He now faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison. This case has sent shockwaves through the global banking sector, highlighting that even the most robust external firewalls cannot protect against a “rogue insider” with administrative credentials.
Link to Original: US Dept of Justice – TD Bank Insider Plea