Sunday, April 8, 2012

Criminal Identity Theft - Sun Apr 8, 2012

Harford County Sheriff's Office Citizens Police Academy Week 5: Criminal ...
The Dagger
The division also contains the Property Crimes Unit, which investigates commercial and residential burglaries, theft over $25000, motor vehicle theft, and white collar crimes such as identity theft. To earn their gold shield, Staniewicz said a deputy ...


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Business Identity Theft - Sun Apr 8, 2012

Saturday News Briefs
Central Valley Business Times
... agencies by exploiting provisions in the Fair Credit Reporting Act. For years he contacted Experian again and again, falsely reporting that he was the victim of identity theft, demanding that dozens of entries be removed from his credit report.


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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Identity Theft Stories - Sat Apr 7, 2012

WBFF FOX45 - Top Stories - Women Sentenced in Identity Theft ...
WBFF FOX45 Baltimore - Top Stories - Women Sentenced in Identity Theft Scheme - A woman and her daughter have been sentenced in an identity theft ...


People in the News: Celebrities
Columbus Dispatch
Gosling's identity was confirmed by a woman next to her, who said “you lucky b----,” Penny added. In August, the actor earned praise for breaking up a fight between two people on a different New York street over the attempted theft of a painting.



Pa. Microsoft ID theft suspect now charged by Army
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
In the identity theft case, investigators say Price changed the address on a bank account held by Allen, then had a debit card sent to his Pittsburgh home. The Herald allows readers to comment on stories as a privilege; the views expressed in story ...



Clarity Services Inc. Announces its New Fraud Research Team in Collaboration ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Clarity Services, Inc. announces the formation of its new fraud research team, that is collaborating with the Identity Theft Resource Center to attack an ongoing problem in the non-prime credit industry By PR Newswire CLEARWATER, Fla., April 4, ...




Police expected to announce arrests in fake ID ring
WNYT
Authorities say young people sent their personal information to a company on the internet to get the fake ID's, and a concern is now these teens may be the target for identity theft. The ID's cost about $100, and experts say they look like the real ...
Data breach taps credit card data of about 1.5 million
USA TODAY
Meanwhile, the Identity Theft Resource Center has fielded several reports from consumers who have received letters in plain envelopes with no letterhead asking recipients to call a toll-free number to verify account information.

Expert White Paper Available: Lost and Stolen Information: The Plague of the ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Business Wire From 2005 to 2011, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) identified 3154 information or data breaches in the United States, putting nearly 511 million consumer records at risk of theft, fraud or other malicious activity.

Identity Theft, Fastest Growing Crime in America
Examiner.com
After reading an article in the Early Bird on ID theft and as a person traveling around the mid-west giving identity theft workshops I wanted to pass along some educational material to the readers on identity theft. The Federal Trade Commission reports ...
Global Payments says Visa drops it after breach
USA TODAY
Visa and MasterCard had said Friday that they notified their card holders of the potential for identity theft and illicit charges because of the breach. Aside from the US, Global Payments provides its services to government agencies, businesses and ...
SubscriberWise: Imposter Caught After Providing Kansas Woman's SSN
SYS-CON Media (press release)
“The Federal Trade Commission's 'Red Flag Rules' require cable and communications operators to create identity theft prevention programs to identify, detect, and respond to patterns, practices, or specific activities that could indicate identity theft ...
Betty Lin-Fisher: Identity theft of federal refunds a taxing problem ...
Michael Bucalo, of Akron, sits at his kitchen table with a police incident report and 2011 tax paperwork. Bucalo was a victim of identity theft twice. Once when ...
Man charged with ID theft after agents raid Trump Tower home ...
Dimitar Vangelov, 27, was charged with one count of felony identity theft after authorities. Dimitar Vangelov, 27, was charged with one count of felony identity ...


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Identity Theft Resources - Sat Apr 7, 2012


Global Payments Breach Impact on Banks
BankInfoSecurity.com
Now, in the wake of the highly-publicized incident, banks and credit unions have to ride the rough waves of customers' discontent and fears of possible identity theft and fraud. What steps should banking institutions take to ease customers' concerns ...


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Identity Theft Cases - Sat Apr 7, 2012

Utah breach affects 25000 Social Security numbers
MSN Money
The website, http://www.idtheft.utah.gov , also allows victims of fraud to file an affidavit that will reduce the amount of time — sometimes hundreds of hours — that identity theft victims have to spend fixing their credit.



End in Sight for Hennepin County Mortgage Fraud Cases
LoanSafe
At a news conference outside a home at 1811 Upton Av. N. that had been bought with a fraudulent loan, Freeman described how that investigation and others resulted in charges including racketeering,identity theft, theft by swindle, aggravated forgery ...



Theft reported at Dansville income tax office
The Livingston County News
By Howard W. Appell on April 5, 2012 Kathleen Middleton, 47, of Dansville, an employee of the H & R Block Dansville office, was arrested March 15 on charges of fourth degree grand larceny, second degree forgery, and second degree identity theft.



Additional Charges Filed For Identity Theft Suspects
KRDO
... charged with identity theft. The District Attorney's Office has now filed an additional charge of COCCA (Colorado Organized Crime Control Act) which is a class II felony. The suspects in this casecould each face a maximum of 48 years in prison



Pa. Microsoft ID theft suspect now charged by Army
CBS News
The AP couldn't immediately determine whether Price had been assigned an attorney in the desertion case. Kliem says Price isn't in custody. In the identity theft case, investigators say Price changed the address on a bank account held by Allen, ...



ID theft victims need to see bogus tax returns-ABA
Reuters
WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - US taxpayers who are victims of identity theft should be allowed to see fraudulent tax returns attributed to them, tax attorneys told Congress in a proposal. A wave of identity theft has led to tax fraud in Tampa, ...



Sheriff calls off manhunt in identity theft case
Historic City News
St Johns County Sheriff, David B Shoar, informed local Historic City News reporters that he realized it was time to “call off the dogs” in an identity theft investigation that tied up his entire cybercrime investigation unit for the past 48 hours ...



Scarsdale Police Respond To Several Reports of ID Theft
Patch.com
By Lisa Gentes-Hunt In the past week, the Scarsdale Police Department responded to three differentcases of alleged identity theft. Two involved credit cards and one involved a cell phone account. The stolen identify of a Scarsdale woman led to a $2500 ...



The Invisible Criminal
Impact Magazine
Identity crime is estimated to cost the British economy roughly £2.7 billion a year in reparations. Back in 2005, a PRCI (Perpetuity Research and Consultancy International) study concluded that the most likely victims of identity theft were people aged ..


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Identity Theft News - Sat Apr 7, 2012


Collier sheriff reports about 300 cases of identity theft with IRS tax filings
Naples Daily News
While there are ways to clear up the identity theft once it's happened, White said there's not much that can be done to stop fraudulent tax returns in the first place. "I don't think you can prevent it from happening if someone has your Social Security ... 
Babysitter in Hermiston charged with ID theft
Hermiston Herald
Jennifer Emery Peterson, 20, of Hermiston, was arrested Tuesday by the Hermiston Police Department on charges of identity theft, fraudulent use of a credit card and criminal possession of a forged instrument. Lt. Darryl Johnson said Peterson was ...
Teens risk ID theft for beer
MSN Money
Saratoga County District Attorney James Murphy said at a press conference that personal information sent to the overseas website has been sold, and that anyone who supplied their information should consider themselves a target for identity theft.

Do you know your child could be a target for identity theft?
Las Vegas Review-Journal
But this can happen to victims of child identity theft. Most Americans are aware that identity theft is a significant problem, and that it's important to take measures to protect your identity. What people might not know is their children may also be ...
ID Theft Indictments Target Californians
KLAS-TV
By Steve Kanigher, I-Team Reporter - email LAS VEGAS -- Federal grand jury indictments unsealed Tuesday in Las Vegas named 13 Californians who were charged with conspiracy and aggravated identity theft for allegedly stealing information from bank .
13 from Calif. Indicted in Vegas ID skimming scam
San Jose Mercury News
AP LAS VEGAS—Thirteen California residents have been indicted in Nevada in an identity theft scheme that federal prosecutors say included placing card skimming devices on bank lobby doors. US Attorney Daniel Bogden in Las Vegas announced Wednesday ...


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FTC Identity Theft - Sat Apr 7, 2012

Benefits Of the Trade Commission | Howtohint.com
The FTC has stood as a one-stop resource for helping people deter, defend and to identity theft. TheFederal Trade Commission is the first agency, with which, .



Mail conman jailed for four years over identity theft campaign
Daily Mail
By David Gerges A serial conman who stole the identity of his victims by intercepting their post and using their information to fund his lavish lifestyle has been jailed today for four years. Kevin Castle, from, West Buclkand, Somerset, made a reported ...
Tax season brings increased risk of identity theft
Cedartown Standard
by Melody Dareing Tax time is pushing Cedartown Police Department investigators into probing more cases of identity theft, according to one investigator. There have been three cases so far in Cedartown where residents filed tax returns, some through an ...
Hackers Now Aiming For Your Credit Reports
TIME
Roiter doesn't let the FTC off the hook, either. “Oversight agencies should push for rigorous security efforts,” he adds. Adam Levin, co-founder and chairman of Identity Theft 911, also warns that many of us unwittingly give hackers personal ..
Army Charges Microsoft ID Theft Suspect With Desertion
Military.com
AP|by Joe Mandak PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh man charged by the FBI with illegally obtaining a credit card using the identity of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will first face desertion charges filed at the Louisiana Army base where he's now stationed.


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