Friday, February 17, 2012

Criminal Identity Theft - Fri Feb 17, 2012


Identity theft, phishing top tax scams in US
Reuters
"Armed with this information, a criminal can commit identity theft or financial theft," the statement said. Among other scams, about 30000 people have voluntarily disclosed foreign financial accounts since 2009 under a program to pay taxes on money ...
ID theft, phishing, return preparer fraud among IRS 'Dirty Dozen' tax scams
Merced Sun-Star
The IRS Criminal Investigation Division works closely with the Department of Justice to shutdown scams and prosecute the criminals behind them. Topping this year's list Dirty Dozen list is identity theft. In response to growing identity theft concerns, ...
Identity thieves steal tax refunds
Local 10
With tax season under way, thousands of South Floridians are learning criminals have gotten to their Internal Revenue Service refunds by stealing their identities. "I went to file my taxes, and I was told somebody used my name already," said Linda Gage ...
Women sentenced in $256000 Palo Alto credit union fraud
Palo Alto Online
They immediately reported the theft to the bank and police. Judge Rene Navarro sentenced Thao to three years in prison for identity theft, computer hacking and elder fraud with an aggravated white-collar crime enhancement -- all felonies.


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