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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Identity Theft News - Sat Feb 25, 2012

FTC Says Tax-Related ID Theft Complaints on Rise
ABC News
The government says the number of identity theft complaints involving tax and wage fraud is soaring even as law enforcement tries to crack down. Federal Trade Commission officials tell The Associated Press that 24 percent of the nearly 279000 identity ...

Sheboygan Man Charged With Identity Theft
WHBL Sheboygan
(WHBL) - A Sheboygan man is facing eight felony counts of identity theft after officers caught him with a company checkbook that wasn't his. 57 year old Conrad Dulmes, of Sheboygan, was formally charged Friday in Sheboygan County Court with 8 counts of ...

Sheriff Charged with Fraud, Identity Theft, and Obstruction
Federal Bureau of Investigation (press release)
MONROE, LA—United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Sheriff Royce Edward Toney, 64, of Monroe, La., was arrested today on charges of conspiracy, computer fraud, identity theft, and obstruction. Toney was elected Sheriff on October 20, ...
Fighting Local Identity Theft - WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga ...
A nationwide identity theft summit has made it's way to Hamilton County, and it's much-needed. After all, Tennessee ranks 19th in the country for identity theft, ...

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FTC Identity Theft - Sat Feb 25, 2012

ID thieves prey on Florida taxpayers
WPTV
That means filling out an IRS identity theft affidavit, filing a report with local law enforcement and notifying the Federal Trade Commission. A new return must be filed in a paper version that must be mailed. For those who were anticipating a refund, ...

Friday, February 24, 2012

Identity Theft Stories - Fri Feb 24, 2012

Identity thieves explain how they commit crimes
WMC-TV
By Janice Broach - bio | email (WMC-TV) - You frequently hear nightmare stories from victims of identity theft, but now two women who made a career out of stealing identities are explain exactly how they did it. Cheryl Thrasher emptied bank accounts ...

LB 1096 aims to increase charges for car break-ins to punish identity theft
Daily Nebraskan
It's a piece of the identity theft problem. It'll be interesting to hear stories from the Omaha police at the hearing. A lot of these people are part of a national network of thieves stealing identities. DN: Will the committee modify the bill to avoid ...

Identity Theft Cases - Fri Feb 24, 2012

Sweeping $10 million ID theft case goes to Minneapolis jury
Pioneer Press
By John Welbes A $10 million identity theft case went to a federal jury Thursday in Minneapolis following closing arguments that attacked the honesty of key witnesses for the prosecution. "This case is all about credibility," said Glenn Bruder, ...

Police seek woman in identity theft cases
Colorado Springs Gazette
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Alicia Dean Ellis on suspicion of identity theft, the Colorado Springs Police Department said Thursday. Police allege she has passed stolen personal checks or a credit card at Colorado Springs shops and ...

Identity Theft News - Fri Feb 24, 2012

Smartphones Becoming Gateways to Identity Theft
IEEE Spectrum
The statistic came the research firm Javelin Strategy & Research, which also stated that its study indicated some 12 million Americans were victims of identity theft last year, a jump of 13 percent from 2011. The Reuters story says that cyber thieves ...

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FTC Identity Theft - Fri Feb 24, 2012

Identity Theft Training
WDEF News 12
Lifelock is trying to help educate law enforcement and the public on identity theft. Richard Brogan says, "People are using computers, cell phones, bank cards, things like that. Everything's electronic now, and as we're using them for the right ...

Home News Smartphone, Social Media Users at Risk for Identity Fraud
CIO Insight
By CIOinsight Smartphone owners and social media users increase their risks of becoming victims of identity theft by not adequatley protecting their devices and passwords, according to the Javelin Strategy and Research Report.

Identity thieves explain how they commit crimes
KAIT
(WMC-TV) - You frequently hear nightmare stories from victims of identity theft, but now two women who made a career out of stealing identities are explain exactly how they did it. Cheryl Thrasher emptied bank accounts for a small crime ring while ...

Is It Safe to Swipe Your Credit Card in a Taxi?
ABC News
That's hard to say, according to Ondrej Krehel, information security officer at Identity Theft 911. The real answer may be the simplest, Krehel says: many taxi drivers simply prefer their fares to pay with cash instead of credit.
Preventing Identity Theft
Prospectus
With that in mind, here you will find compiled a list of good practices for preventing identity theft. 1. Be wary of public computers. As mentioned in the Prospectus News column "Using public computers safely," which can be found at ...
New Study Demonstrates Risk of Data and Identity Theft Still Misunderstood and ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
With the increasing cases of privacy breaches, data theft and identity theft, it has become more important that users of memory storing devices (especially PCs) are better educated to protect themselves. One of the most important and effective ...

Deceased Identity Theft - Fri Feb 24, 2012

PRINCESS ANNE: Dead copper thief may be tied to more crimes
Delmarva Now
PRINCESS ANNE — Police think they know the identity of a man who was electrocuted while trying to steal copper from an electrical transformer and now they are hoping to link him to other unsolved theft cases. The state medical examiner is waiting for ...

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