Saturday, May 12, 2012

Social Security Identity Theft - Sat May 12, 2012


Victims of tax refund theft turn to lawmakers for help
Chicago Tribune
For identity thieves, the Internal Revenue Service is like an ATM. They file a fraudulent income tax return using someone else's Social Security number and quickly receive a "refund." But for the victims of the scheme, the wait to get the money that is ...
UNC Charlotte Snafu Exposes 350000 Social Security Numbers
WFAE.org
Some 350000 current and former students, staff and faculty at UNC Charlotte may have been exposed to identity theft dating back more than a decade because of a security snafu. UNC Charlotte officials are adamant this was not a security breach where ...
IRS Warns Of Tax Refund Scam
WESH Orlando
Officials with the Internal Revenue Service said people are getting messages telling them their refunds are on hold because somebody else already filed for a refund using their name and theirSocial Security number. It's being called a form of identity ...

TIGTA and Congress focus on identity theft and tax fraud
Journal of Accountancy
By Alistair M. Nevius On the same day the House Ways and Means Oversight and Social SecuritySubcommittees held a hearing on tax fraud involving identity theft, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report saying the ...
Ex-bank boss pleads guilty to fraud, identity theft
The Register-Guard
Though his identity theft involved the names, birthdates and Social Security numbers of nearly 3000 Key Bank customers, he reportedly sent the data to his home e-mail account with the intent of creating a contact list for use at his next bank job.

Former Springfield, Ore., bank branch manager pleads guilty to fraud, identity ...
The Republic
... to bank fraud and identity theft in a case that has taken a number of bizarre turns. Randy Mainwaring admitted that in early 2007 he used the Social Security number of a previous bank account holder to open a Key Bank account without authorization.


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