Wednesday, March 21, 2012

FTC Identity Theft - Wed Mar 21, 2012


Do You Know Your Rights If Your Identity Is Stolen?
TIME
FTC data shows that, for more than a decade, the top category of complaints it handles is identity theft. So it's disturbing that many of us don't know what kinds of consumer protections are in place to help victims. For instance, according to the Fair..

For identity theft victims, paying taxes is a nightmare
msnbc.com
She thought she had been successful until the family returned home from a vacation this month to find that her husband's identity had been stolen again. The IRS has acknowledged that identity theft tax fraud –- stealing someone's Social Security number ...
iovation Helps Bust Identity Theft and Retail Fraud Ring
MarketWatch (press release)
ReputationManager 360 was then able to associate this same device with a second identity theft fraud victim. In fact, using a combination of multiple device-to-account associations, ReputationManager 360 helped identify more than a dozen additional ...
GHS Employee Faces Identity Theft Charges, Has Lengthy Arrest Record
News Channel 7
(more) Have you, or has anyone you know, been a victim of identity theft? Note: This poll is not scientific and reflects the opinions of only those Internet users who have chosen to participate. The results cannot be assumed to represent public opinion ...
12 ways to keep your credit card hassle-free
Fox Business
In late February the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its analysis of consumer complaints it received in 2011. Identity theft occupied the very top spot with 279156 individual filings, although that's a tiny fraction of the 9 million Americans ...
Feds work to check tax fraud, help identity-theft victims
Belleville News Democrat
WASHINGTON — The IRS and federal investigators say they've redoubled their efforts to combat tax fraud from identity theft, a crime they call "epidemic" in Florida that's spreading nationwide. The Internal Revenue Service identified and prevented the ...
Identity theft hot spots
Sun-Sentinel
Click on a ZIP code to view identity theft complaints for each year since 2007. Source: US Federal Trade Commission. (Map: John Maines, Database Editor) Currently there are no comments. Be the first to comment! The maker of the hit game Angry Birds is ...
Sen. Bill Nelson proposes bill to speed refunds to South Floridians hit by ID ...
Sun-Sentinel
Tax or wage-related fraud cases nationwide nearly doubled from 35000 in 2009 to 67000 in 2011, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The 2 million tax filings under review by the IRS include all forms of suspected fraud, including identity theft.
Police unmask identity-theft operation
Vancouver Sun
Burnaby RCMP Insp. Tim Shields calls it the largest identity-theft operation in recent memory, with potentially thou-sands of victims. Although police raided an 11th-floor Metrotown condo on March 7, they're still sifting through the large volume of ...


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