Thursday, February 2, 2012

FTC Identity Theft - Thu Feb 2, 2012


Identity Theft Crackdown Sweeps Across the Nation
Patch.com
The Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department recently announced the results of a massive national sweep cracking down on suspected identity theft perpetrators as part of a stepped-up effort against refund fraud and identity theft.
Police ID Two Men Involved in String of Thefts in Bucks, Montgomery Counties
Patch.com
Flego was subsequently arrested and charged with access device fraud, criminal conspiracy, theft,identity theft, receiving stolen property, criminal mischief, criminal attempt, possession of an access device knowing it to be counterfeit or altered, ...
Pilot Scoop: ABC Picks Up Reba McEntire's Country Comedy and Identity Theft Sitcom
TVLine
The network also picked up Prairie Dogs, a sitcom from That '70s Show's Jackie and Jeff Filgo, which centers on a nerdy guy whose identity is stolen by someone far cooler than he is – so cool, in fact, that he engages the con man to help boost his ...
thieves preying on tax returns
Sun-Sentinel
Meanwhile, the government has stepped up efforts to stop refund fraud and identify theft. This week, 16 people were charged in Miami, Pensacola and Tallahassee as part of a national identity theft crackdown that involved the potential theft of ...
IRS Spearheads Bid to Head Off ID Theft
Wall Street Journal
By LAURA SAUNDERS And KRISTINA PETERSON The federal government arrested 58 people over the past week in a national crackdown on identity theft led by the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice, the tax agency said Tuesday.


FTC Fines a Collector of Debt $2.5 Million
New York Times
Consumer complaints about debt collection companies consistently rank as the second-highest category among all complaints at the agency, behind identity theft. But in 2010, complaints jumped 17 percent to 140036, which represented 11 percent of all ...


IRS says 105 targeted in identity theft sweep
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By ALAN FRAM AP WASHINGTON — The federal government has swooped down on 105 people in 23 states in the past week as part of a nationwide crackdown on identity theft and tax refund fraud that was timed to warn cheats to beware this tax season, ...


Criminal Acts: Fowl Bandit, Drug Possession and Identity Theft
Patch.com
By Corinne Speckert Gilroy police responded to an assortment of calls from Thursday through Monday, from car accidents to thefts to graffiti. Here's a selection from the latest press report. 7:30 pm—A man was booked into county jail after he was found ...


North Dakota man accused of stealing his 10-year-old son's identity
Bismarck Tribune
He also faces an April 9 sentencing in Cass County on forgery and theft charges. In addition, he faces new charges of identity theft and property theft for allegedly using his son's Social Security number to open a bank account and pass $65000 in bad ...
 




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