Identity Theft News for You: May 2012

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Identity Theft News - Wed May 30, 2012

Man Arrested on Four Counts of ID Theft in Wilton
Patch.com
Police arrested a 32 year-old Bridgeport man for his alleged involvement in scamming at least one person by using an identity theft scheme, police said. Marque Harris, of Poplar Street in Bridgeport, was arrested at his workplace in Shelton by Wilton ...

Man Charged With Identity Theft in Wilton
The Daily Wilton
A 32-year-old Bridgeport man has been charged with four counts of identity theft by the Wilton Police. Marque Harris was taken into custody by Wilton police on Friday, May 18, at his job in Shelton. The investigation began last October when a Wilton ...

Facebook privacy confusion rife as ID theft soars
Which?
The findings are particularly worrying because recent figures show that identity theft is growing fast. In the first three months of 2012, almost 36000 cases of ID fraud were recorded - a 40% increase on the same period last year.

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Criminal Identity Theft - Wed May 30, 2012

Dead Person is a 'Person' in Aggravated Identity Theft - Criminal ...
Dead men tell no tales, but the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals says that they can be victims of aggravated identity theft. Last week, the Eleventh Circuit joined ...

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Business Identity Theft - Wed May 30, 2012

Montgomery sisters sentenced in tax fraud, identity theft
Montgomery Advertiser
Two sisters from Montgomery each were sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for their role in a tax fraud and identity theft conspiracy, the US Justice Department announced Wednesday. US District Judge Mark Fuller sentenced Loretta and Tracey ...

Intel strengthens security of its Core vPro platform
Help Net Security
To defend against identity theft, Intel introduced Intel Identity Protection Technology with public key infrastructure (Intel IPT with PKI) into Intel Core vPro processors. The technology provides a new second layer of authentication embedded into the ...

Gas Company Warns of Utility Bill Scam
yovenice
In some cases, scammers have asked for social security numbers in order to allow for credits or to apply payments to customers' utility bills, presenting an identity-theft risk. According to reports, scammers have visited customers in person, ...

Intel Touts 3rd-Gen Core vPro CPUs, Security And IT Focused
Hot Hardware
... vice president, Intel Architecture Group and general manager, Business Client Platform Division. To defend against identity theft, Intel introduced Intel Identity Protection Technology with public key infrastructure into Intel Core vPro processors.

Intel launches third generation Core vPro processors
ARNnet
Intel's identity protection technology (IPT) defends against identity theft by using a one-time password and embedded public-key infrastructure from Symantec. This enables businesses, governments or websites to check that a legitimate user is logging ...

Gas Company Warns Customers of Scam
HispanicBusiness.com
The scam represents a risk of identity theft. Southern California Gas Co. said employees always carry proper identification and do not randomly contact customers and ask for their Social Security number. Southern California Gas Co. also issued tips to ..

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Dumpster Diving Identity Theft - Sun May 27, 2012

Identity Theft in America | Teen Opinion Essay | Teen Ink
Identity theft is a common crime in America. ... Some of the many ways are dumpster diving, skimming, phishing, changing your address, old-fashioned stealing, ...

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Computer Identity Theft - Sun May 27, 2012

Computer security breach at Thrift Savings Plan
Pensions & Investments
Officials at the board stressed that the breach did not affect the TSP computers or website, and there is no evidence of identity theft or funds being diverted. “The TSP.gov site was not accessed or compromised at all,” said board spokeswoman Kim ...

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Business Identity Theft - Sun May 27, 2012

Process servers sued for failing to deliver lawsuits
ABC30.com
Walker also told BH Financial representatives that he had been a victim of identity theft, and he said he sent the collections company a copy of the police report. Nevertheless, the company filed a debt collection lawsuit against Walker in January 2011 .

18 accused of wide scheme to defraud
Toledo Blade
The defendants face charges of money laundering, harboring illegal immigrants, wire fraud, mail fraud, arson, identity theft, making false statements, and misprision of a felony. The restaurants raided on Sept. 20 were at 4045 Talmadge Rd. in Toledo, ...

Ohio pancake house owner accused of $3M scheme
BusinessWeek
Authorities would not say what prompted the searches until Wednesday, when authorities arrested 18 people, mostly in the Toledo area. The man who owned and operated the restaurants is accused of money laundering, mail fraud and identity theft.

Window shopping: Business briefs for May 24
NewsOK.com
Tarek Elkafrawi was accused of money laundering, mail fraud and identity theft. Elkafrawi and others were able to generate $1.2 million in unreported income by manipulating wages and underreporting income of illegal immigrants, the indictment shows.

Friday, May 25, 2012

Internet Identity Theft - Fri May 25, 2012

Cyber warfare technology will be used by terrorists, says Eugene Kaspersky
NEWS.com.au
Eugene Kaspersky, founder of anti-virus software developer Kaspersky Labs, said cyber warfare and terrorism had topped his list of threats on the web ahead of cyber crime, identity theft and privacy violations. "Cyber weapons can damage a physical ...

RBI warns against phishing, and spam
Rupee Times
The warning comes as a result of email from a mail id: alerts@rbi.org, which stated as offering some new online security platform. "According to the mail, the new online security platform offers to preventonline identity theft in Internet banking by ..

Interest in Online Banking Shows Rise in Consumer Confidence
Marketing Pilgrim
Will I become a victim of identity theft? Will my employer find out things about me I don't want them to know? These are legitimate issues and we have a reason to be concerned, but a new study by Rosetta shows that convenience is starting to trump ...

10 steps that can ease your financial stress
Business Today
You may also buy credit card protection and online identity theft insurance covers. Telangana issue has been simmering in AP India's Best B schools The BT-Nielsen ranking is popular among MBA aspirants, institutes and HR managers alike.Web scammers fleecing people looking for love
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
She also entered an identity theft protection program because one of the wire transfers had her Social Security number on it. But she hasn't given up on finding Mr. Right. "People say don't stop trusting others," she said.

Internet fraud is alive and well
IEEE Spectrum
Stealing personally identifiable information and using it to commit crimes (identity theft). Posing as an FBI agent to defraud victims. Apparently, people drop their fraud guard when an e-mail comes from a government entity, something that criminals ..

Identity Theft Prevention - Fri May 25, 2012

Don't Ignore Corporate Identity Theft
ForConstructionPros.com (blog)
While prevention may not always work 100%, Mueller and Tracy say doing nothing should not be an option. The first step to preventing corporate identity theft is to have a plan. Have a plan that covers what you and your company will do to prevent ...

Police Log: Identity Theft Phone Scam Scare
Patch.com
Featured item: Wakefield Police are investigating an identity theft scam reported yesterday afternoon in Wakefield. A resident of North Emerson Street reported someone called her around 3:30 pm and said he was a police officer and that she owed $300 ...

2 ID theft suspects sentenced
Hattiesburg American
Two alleged managers from a multi-city identity theft and false document production scheme were sentenced Wednesday in US District Court. Judge Keith Starrett sentenced Arturo Apocada Tejeda, 41, to 30 months in prison after Tejeda pleaded guilty to ...

Texan gets 20-year prison term for al-Qaida links
Albany Times Union
He faces up to 20 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and of aggravated identity theft. (Pat Sullivan / AP) FILE - In this June 8, 2010 file photo, Barry Walter Bujol arrives at federal court ...
After identity theft, beware the hard sell
CNNMoney
By Lisa Gibbs @Money May 22, 2012: 5:59 AM ET When identity theft is just a possibility, place a fraud alert. If you're a victim, consider freezing your credit. (MONEY magazine) -- If your wallet gets stolen or you've been caught up in a data breach ...

TI Joins The Cast Of "Identity Theft"
HipHopDX
by Steven J. Horowitz TI has been tapped to star in the upcoming comedy Identity Theft, which will be released through Universal Pictures. According to Deadline, the rapper-turned-actor will play a bounty hunger in the film, which also stars Jaston ..
Ghana man gets 2 years in prison for identity theft
Dickinson Press
Ashalley Kotey, 29, pleaded guilty and was sentenced for aggravated identity theft, using an unlawfully issued immigration document and possession of a counterfeit immigration document. Kotey was also ordered to pay a $300 special assessment to the ...
Think Like a Thief To Stop a Thief
Patch.com
One simple thing is your best bet for preventing auto break-ins and thefts. By Linda Chion Kenney Crime prevention video from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office features Deputy Jeff Service on ways to avoid vehicle burglaries.

Rapper T.I. Hunts the A.W.O.L. in 'Identity Theft'
NextMovie (blog)
Well, according to Deadline, that's exactly what Universal has just done, as rapper and actor TI has joined the cast of "Identity Theft" in the role of a professional bounty hunter. Sorry, Melissa. Looks like this is about to be case closed.

Identity Theft Facts - Fri May 25, 2012

The Facts on Occupational Fraud
GovInfoSecurity.com
The statistics revealed in the ACFE's new 2012 Report to the Nations on Occupational ... Distinct from things like identity theft or credit card fraud, ...

Bizarre incident for local couple
KKCO-TV
... happy to provide this forum for the community to share opinions and facts. .... The Big Deal is Anonymous is Voter Registration Fraud, Identity Theft, ...

How Do I Have My Arrest Record Sealed and Destroyed?
JD Supra
Penal Code § 530.6 allows the victim of identity theft to have the court make a determination of the victim's factual innocence. Penal Code § 851.9 allows a ...
Snakes, mine shafts challenge crews battling Arizona wildfire
msnbc.com
And, of course, just ignore the fact that entering the country is just the first illegal act, then comesidentity theft, drug and human smuggling crimes ...

Identity Theft Protection - Fri May 25, 2012

Alberta Privacy Commissioner Makes Room for Human Error
Blakes
It was held that a teacher's reassessment of educational experience, which identifies a teacher's educational and employment experience, is low-sensitivity information and insufficient to lead to potential identity theft.

Disaster tips: Avoiding identity theft
Examiner.com
While tragedies bring out the best in some people, they also attract predators that are willing to steal or even sift through anything left behind for items they can sell or use for identity theft. There are a number of papers you need to protect from ...

Market Rates Insight's New Integrated Study on Service Fees Reveals "Lifestyle ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Those new services have a higher perceived value and promote greater consumer loyalty such as credit score monitoring, identity theft alerts, mobile banking services, personalized couponing services, person-to-person payments, and other services.

Do You Know What “Smishing” Is & How To Avoid Becoming A Victim Of It?
DrJays.com Live
Sometimes, it seems like you can't do anything today without worrying about becoming a victim ofidentify theft. Seriously. If you log onto a computer, check your email, and scan through your Facebook feed—and spend five measly minutes doing it—you ...

UnitedHealthcare warns Medicare members of data breach
KY3
The company says it will offer one free year of identity theft protection to anyone who may be affected. The company has set up a communication line at (877) 298-2341 for those with questions or concerns, or for help obtaining the ID theft protection .

AV Free document shredding, e-waste event Saturday May 19th - Soka University ...
Aliso Laguna News
In an effort to protect residents from identity theft and provide a free public service, the city will host a Document Shredding /Identity Theft Protection and e-waste event on Saturday, May 19. The city is giving community members an opportunity to ...

Intel Launches New Generation of Secure Processors
eSecurity Planet
Announced this week, the new Intel vPro chips boast tighter integration with Intel's McAfee security technologies and include security enhancements to help businessesprotect against risks such as identity theft. The new processors are designed to ..

Investment Fraud Identity Theft - Fri May 25, 2012

Holland man indicted on 13 counts of mail fraud
HollandSentinel.com
Now, federal attorneys are looking for more victims of Folkert's alleged iStorm investment scheme. “Financial fraud occurs in many forms, including 'Ponzi' and pyramid schemes, investment fraud, theft of government property and assets, identity theft, ...

Sacramento-area financial fugitive convicted in Ireland on marijuana charges
Modesto Bee
2, 2009, to avoid prosecution on charges of wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft. Fraud charges await Scott Cavell in the $100 million Loomis Wealth Solutions case. He is one of four people once associated with Loomis Wealth Solutions – a ...

Dumpster Diving Identity Theft - Fri May 25, 2012

Dumpster Diving and How Your ID Could be at Risk | LifeLock
Dumpster Diving. Despite all the high-tech innovations and advancements available to identitythieves, old-fashioned “dumpster diving” – literally digging ...

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Credit Monitoring Identity Theft - Fri May 25, 2012

Transcript of credit report chat
Columbus Dispatch
12:13:28 Michelle Nixten: Consumers are entitled to a free credit report from each of the three majorcredit reporting agencies per year. To guard against possible errors and identity theft it is also encouraged to check your credit report.

Utah CTO takes fall for data breach
Computerworld
Utah's new health data security ombudsman, Sheila Walsh-McDonald, will oversee individual case management, public outreach and credit counseling. The state has said it will offer free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance coverage of up to $1 ...

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FTC Identity Theft - Fri May 25, 2012

Texas man sentence to 20 years for threats to aid terrorism
Chicago Tribune
(Reuters) - A Muslim convert from Texas who once e-mailed a radical Muslim cleric saying he wanted "to do my part for jihad" was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison on terrorism and identity theft charges. Barry Walter Bujol Jr., 30, ...

Texas man sentenced to 20 years in prison for trying to give money, equipment ...
Fox News
Bujol was convicted in November on charges of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors said Bujol, a US citizen, sought to join Al Qaeda and provide it with money, ...

Texas Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Trying to Help al Qaeda
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Bujol, a US citizen, was convicted last year of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and of aggravated identity theft. He was arrested in May 2010 after using fake identification to sneak onboard a Middle ...Eileen Ambrose: Identity thieves filing fake returns using data on real taxpayers
Bradenton Herald
That report says 641052 taxpayers were affected by identity theft last year, more than double the year before. IRS resources haven't kept pace with the growing fraud, and cases sometimes take more than a year to resolve, the report says.

How the rich and famous foil identity theft
Business Standard
Identity thieves generally pretend to be real people, create some false accounts, and spend like there's no tomorrow. The rich and famous, on the other hand, already spend that way and are pleased to maintain their true identities.

Police: NJ airport supervisor accused of ID theft likely bought birth info ...
Washington Post
The 55-year-old Nigerian faces an identity theft charge and possible deportation. NYPD police spokesman Paul Browne said Wednesday it's believed Thomas sold his identification papers to a Nigerian cabbie and then the driver later sold them to Oyewole.

Fraud Alert Identity Theft - Fri May 25, 2012

GuardMyCreditFile: - Identity Theft and Bank Fraud all Rolled Up ...
May 18, 2012 - For more than one year now, there has been a nice little malware program floating about the internet called Tatanga. But the people distributing it ...

McAfee Issues Pinterest Scam Alert, Warns Users to “Pin with ...
McAfee SECURE sites help keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware. Corporate · Corporate Responsibility · CTO · EMEA President's View ...

Computer Identity Theft - Fri May 25, 2012

Former La. alcohol commissioner Painter facing federal charges over crime ...
The Republic
Formal charges against Painter, 59, were computer fraud, making false statements and identity theft, a statement from Assistant US Attorney Walter Green said. Green said Painter allegedly made false statements to the FBI to gain personal information on ...

Former bank manager from Shillington is charged with identity theft; bank loss ...
bctv.org
David Parsons, 38, of 41 E. Broad St., turned himself in Tuesday, May 22, and was charged with forgery, theft by deception, receiving stolen property, writing bad checks, unlawful use of a computer, and identity theft. Detectives began investigating ...

Exeter banker charged with stealing $196000
Boyertown Berk Montgomery Newspapers
According to a release issued by the Berks County District Attorney's Office, Parsons has been charged with forgery, theft by deception, receiving stolen property, bad checks, unlawful use of computer, and identity theft. An investigation into Parsons ..

Ex-alcohol commissioner faces federal charges
WDSU New Orleans
Charges include computer fraud, making false statements and identity theft. Last year, a report from Louisiana's inspector general said Painter illegally gained state and federal information on a state representative, state District Court judges, ...

BREAKING NEWS: Federal grand jury indicts Murphy Painter
Post South
Painter, a Gonzales resident, was charged with computer frauds, aggravated identity theft and making false statements. If indicted, Paitner could face up to 82 years in prison and as much as $12 million in fines, according to US Attorney Don Cazayoux.

ATM Pins Tied to Financial Fraud
MainStreet
The debit card network, however, relies on the consumer's transaction history with a specific financial institution, not the entire Visa and MasterCard system, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit consumer education organization ...

Murphy Painter indicted
The Advocate
Painter was indicted on eight counts of computer fraud by obtaining information from the United States, eight counts of making false statements, eight counts of aggravated identity theft and 18 counts of computer fraud by obtaining information from a ...

Warning: mobile banking app users beware
MyBroadband
Neal O'Farrell, executive director of the non-profit Identity Theft Council raised the issue of mobile security at a business event in San Francisco this week. He noted, “There were more data breaches than US residents last year and more cases of ...

Child Identity Theft - Fri May 25, 2012

Identity Theft Puts Futures of Millions of Children at Risk
NBC Bay Area
Research shows that the theft of children's identity costs families $13 billion dollars every year. The researchers say most often the identity thieves are involved with organized crime and illegal immigration. They are the ones targeting children and ...

BBB Watch: Watch out for child ID theft
Corning Leader (blog)
Crime stats show last year more than 9.9 million Americans were victims of ID theft, costing them about $5 billion. The Federal Trade Commission also received more than 19000 complaints about child identity theft last year. Many parents have no idea ..

Identity Theft: 'Kids Don't Know They're Victims'
NPR
According to the US Postal Inspection Service, identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America. Many identity theft victims are children and, because children don't usually have reason to check their credit reports, the crime often goes ...

Did You Know : Child identity theft growing
WAAY
Identity theft. It's a problem all of us have heard of, and many of us have dealt with first hand. But, Did You Know according to the 2012 Child Identity Theft Report, KIDS are 35 times more likely to be victims of identity theft than adults.

7-year-old boy's identity stolen, child ID theft on the rise
DigitalJournal.com
Today's society is seeing an increased occurrence of identity thefts. It is bad enough when it happens to an adult, but what about the children whose identities are being claimed by thieves at an alarmingly growing rate? WFMY News is reporting a father ...

Slidell man charged in child pornography case
News Banner
Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has earned a solid reputation for vigorously monitoring, arresting and prosecuting online child predators. The AG's High Technology Crime Unit, formed in 2011, investigates computer crimes such as identity theft, ...

Ridgecrest Police log
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
By John V. Ciani 10:24 am Warrant arrest and citation on South Sunset Street for spousal abuse andchild endangerment. 10:36 am Warrant arrest and citation on South Sanders Street for identity theft, presenting false identification to a peace officer ...

Business Identity Theft - Fri May 25, 2012

Do You Really Need a Credit Card?
DailyFinance
By Business Insider By Jill Krasny Lately a lot of consumers have been asking whether they really need to carry a credit card. It seems just as easy to get by on cash, and all the identity theft and shady lender practices making headlines aren't ...

Business owner indicted
Suffolk News-Herald
Janice W. Holland, 41, was indicted on one count of health care fraud, 31 counts of making false statements relating to health care matters, one count of alteration of records and two counts of aggravated identity theft. If convicted, Holland could ...

Former Provider of Home Health Care Services Indicted for Medicaid Fraud
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
If convicted, Holland faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for health care fraud, five years on each count for making false statements, 20 years for alteration of records, and two years on each count of aggravated identity theft.

Deceased Identity Theft - Fri May 25, 2012

Texas man gets 20 years for trying to contact al Qaeda
kypost.com
By Nick Valencia and Carol Cratty CNN (CNN) - A Texas man convicted of seeking now-deceased Yemeni-based cleric Anwar al-Awlaki's advice about raising money for jihadists has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

Woman allegedly charged $470 on dead aunt's card
HeraldNet
... Herald Writer MILL CREEK -- A Mill Creek woman was arrested Tuesday for allegedly using herdead aunt's credit card to spend more than $470. The woman, 41, was booked into Snohomish County Jail for investigation of second-degree identity theft.

Criminal Identity Theft - Fri May 25, 2012

Daily Record: Loveland police calls May 19-21
ReporterHerald.com
5:04 pm At Rocky Mountain Avenue and Eisenhower Boulevard, a 36-year-old Denver man for investigation of criminal impersonation and identity theft. 5:04 pm At Rocky Mountain Avenue and Eisenhower Boulevard, a 26-year-old Denver man for investigation of ...

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Computer Identity Theft - Tue May 22, 2012

Phony Craigslist sex ad gets Gladstone man 4-year sentence for identity theft ...
The Republic
He pleaded guilty last week in Multnomah County Circuit Court to identity theft and computer crime. The Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/Zd9hqd) a lot of men were turned away from the ex-girlfriend's Portland home.

Man jailed for Craigslist sex ad harassment
KTVB
He later pleaded guilty to several counts of computer crimes and identity theft. He was sentenced on Monday. The posts appeared to be from Catlin Moser herself, but they were not. They listed her name, phone number and address and invited men to ...

Orangetown Council To Discuss Phone System, Computer Policy
Patch.com
The town will also consider adding a policy for notification of computer system security breaches. The primary goal is to alert individuals to any threat of potential identity theft. The full agenda for Tuesday's workshop is attached to this report.

Child Identity Theft - Tue May 22, 2012

What President Obama Wants You To Tell Your Kids About Money — and When
TIME
At 11-13, you are teaching about identity theft and the value of saving early in life. Suggested activities include talking about “free” online games and ringtones designed solely to get your credit card and Social Security numbers; and showing on a ...

County indictments: Man indicted in slaying
Martinsville Bulletin
Benjamin Emanuel Manns, 36, 156 Idlewood Drive, Fieldale, four counts each of forgery and utter a forged check; three counts each of obtaining money or property by false pretense and identity theft— fraud; and one count each of attempt to obtain ...

Woman and 3 Children Accused of Stealing Alcohol from Wal-Mart
WMTV
Ms. Hollingsworth was arrested for Contributing to the Delinquency of a Child - 3 counts, Retail Theft, Resisting/Obstructing - 2 counts, Bail Jumping - 2 counts, Unlawful Trespass, and on a warrant. Details: The suspect has already been banned from ...

Police shoot, kill child pornography suspect
Fairfaxtimes.com
As a result, Combs was issued two additional warrants, one for resisting arrest and one for identity theft, bringing the total to nine. Police said they received a tip the following evening shortly after 11 pm, which led them to discover Combs inside ...

Woman banned for life from Walmart allegedly uses 3 kids to steal booze
Wisconsin State Journal
Shequilla Hollingsworth, 23, Madison, was tentatively charged with three counts of contributing to the deliquency of a child, two counts of resisting, two counts of bail jumping, retail theft and unlawful trespass, according to a Madison Police ...