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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Identity Theft Cases - Thu Jan 19, 2012

2 plead no contest in Fresno Co. food-stamp case
Fresno Bee
Michael Martin, 51, entered no contest pleas to embezzlement by a public officer, identity theft and unlawful possession of a controlled substance. Five other charges were dropped. His wife, Dawn Griffin, 44, pleaded no contest to identity theft, ...

Police seek ID of bogus script suspect
Edmond Sun
At the station, King met the identity theft victim who said that on Dec. 31 he received a phone call about a prescription from the Walgreens at Second and Bryant, police said. The victim said he was told a man identifying himself as the victim was in ...
ID theft victim arrests a travesty
ReporterHerald.com
I t's bad enough to be the victim of identity theft. To spend time in jail as the person who stole your own identity is a travesty. Yet it happens, as reported recently in the Denver Post. In one case, police arrested a man accused of stealing ...

Second fraud case linked to UVic data theft in BC
CBC.ca
Jantzen says police expected to see many more rip-offs as a result of the stolen information, but potential victims might not be targetted for months or even years. "People who are victims of identity theft have to mind their accounts and their banking ...

Son of woman accused of killing York's ex-mayor arrested on identity theft charges
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
By Andrew Dys - adys@heraldonline.com The son of the woman charged with killing former York Mayor Melvin Roberts has been arrested again - this time on felony charges of identity theft involving allegedly getting credit cards in his brother's name

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Identity Theft News - Thu Jan 19, 2012

Compass launches ID theft product
Mortgage Strategy
Compass Underwriting is launching a new ID theft product in association with LawShield and Experian. The Compass LawShield ID Theft Gold product is designed to provide unlimited credit reports and email warnings showing any significant activity on a ...

Jason Bateman And Melissa McCarthy Team Up For New Comedy Flick!
PerezHilton.com
We've just learned Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon is teaming up with actors Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy for his new comedy flick Identity Theft. As far as story is concerned, the premise revolves around a guy (Jason) whose identity is ...
Minimize your risk for idenity theft
Jackson Times Journal
The Federal Trade Commission says that nothing can guarantee that you won't become a victim of identity theft, but you can minimize your risk, and minimize the damage if a problem develops, by making it more difficult for identity thieves to access ...
Three identity thefts reported on same day
Jackson Times Journal
JACKSON- Three cases of idenity theft have been reorted to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office. The reported cases of identity theft occurred to residents of the county on the same day, January 9. The first was reported at approximately 3:35 pm from a ...
Rochester woman charged with identity theft
The Daily News Online
She was one of three people police had been searching for since a theft at United Memorial Medical Center on Sept. 11. At the time, police issued an alert after a man entered the hospital and stole a wallet from an employee's purse. ...
Director Seth Gordon Boards 'Identity Theft' with Melissa McCarthy
First Showing
However, the filmmaker will work with the latter of the comedic trio yet again as Deadline reports Gordon will be at the helm of Identity Theft, a new comedy that will feature Bateman starring opposite Bridesmaids star Melissa McCarthy. ...
Protect identity with free document-shredding
Local 10
More than 15 million people reported having their identities either stolen or misused last year. Florida had the highest per capita rate of reported identity thefts in the United States. The overall losses from identity theft last year were close to ...
Shoppers Share Personal Information Despite Identity Theft Threat
Go Banking Rates
Despite the threats online sharing presents, including identity theft, shoppers feel very comfortable disclosing information to retailers in an effort to personalize their own shopping experience. It has long been thought that shoppers were guarded ...

Monday, January 16, 2012

Identity Theft Cases - Mon Jan 16, 2012

Curt Batt takes plea agreement in Dinsdale Bros. theft case
Journal-Advocate
The first count was amended from theft of $20000 or more. Batt was facing charges of computer crime, identity theft and forgery, as well as seven other theft charges. He was accused of writing more than $340000 worth of unauthorized company checks from ...

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Identity Theft News - Mon Jan 16, 2012

Vermont woman pleads guilty to stealing credit card numbers
The Republic
Anna Quesnell of Lowell pleaded guilty this week to two felony counts of identity theft and one misdemeanor count of false pretenses as part of a plea agreement in which 10 additional identity theft charges were dropped. The 22-year-old Quesnell was ...

Identity needed of man who stole camera from Heisler's
Republican & Herald
LEWISTOWN VALLEY - Schuylkill County Crime Stoppers and state police at Frackville are asking for the public's help in identifying a man responsible for a theft at a Walker Township business over the summer. Police said the theft occurred at 1:55 am ...

Strip tax pirates of secrecy cloak
Tbo.com
Tampa police complain that federal privacy laws are giving too much cover to identity thieves who, evidence shows, are collecting millions of dollars in fraudulent payments here in Tampa. Victims of identity theft say it takes many months, ...

Police Report: Indecent Exposure in Vehicles; Stolen Sunflower Seeds
Patch.com
An identity theft incident was reported at 10:29 am Friday in the 2400 block of North Grandview Boulevard. The city's Parks and Recreation Department was contacted at 11:02 am Friday at West St. Paul Avenue and South Grandview Boulevard to clear the ...
Visalia Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Embezzlement & ID Theft
KSEE
By KSEE News (Press Release) Tulare County Superior Court Judge James Hollman sentenced 55-year-old Terry Johnston of Visalia, to five years in state prison for Embezzlement and Identity Theft. Judge Hollman also ordered her to pay nearly $690000 in ...

Saturday, January 14, 2012

FTC Identity Theft - Sat Jan 14, 2012

Prevent identity theft
Hindustan Times
... that if it gets stolen/lost you may act quickly to stop the thieves from taking all your money. Always keep an extra copy of your licence and cards this can be a saviour at the time of identity theft as you would need to block your cards immediately

NY arrests 7 in $1M consumer identity theft
Wall Street Journal
AP ALBANY, NY — Seven suspects have been arrested in an identity theft scheme that netted more than $1 million in products and gift cards by tapping consumer charge accounts in four states, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Thursday. ...
NJ ringleader of ID theft, fraud ploy admits guilt
BusinessWeek
The ringleader of an identity theft and fraud scheme that stretched from Korean communities in New York and New Jersey to the US territories in the Pacific has pleaded guilty. Sang-Hyun (san-hun) "Jimmy" Park admitted helping people fraudulently obtain ...
Is identity theft exaggerated?
WTOP
While identity theft is a major problem for people who are its victims, the number of people affected is small. Out of the nearly 309 million people in this country, less than 3.2 percent of the population is affected by the problem on a yearly basis. ...
Zeus returns: FBI warns of 'Gameover' ID-theft malware
ZDNet (blog)
A new variant of the notorious Zeus identity-theft Trojan is making the rounds and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) says it is capable of defeating common methods of user authentication employed by financial institutions. ...

Identity Theft Stories - Sat Jan 14, 2012

Watchdog: Growing IRS workload causing problems
Asbury Park Press
5:11 pm Some news stories just make you shake your head and mutter, "Oh, for the love of ..."- 6:02 pm Associated Press WASHINGTON — A government watchdog says the Internal Revenue Service can't fully handle identity theft cases and fraudulent tax ...

Cyberattacks likely to escalate this year
USA TODAY
Stratfor.com, the company's website remains shut down but displays an apology alongside an offer for a year's worth of free ID theft protection insurance for subscribers. Clientele includes Apple, the US Air Force and the Miami police department. ...

Identity Theft Cases - Sat Jan 14, 2012

Store Credit Used in Identity Thefts
Wall Street Journal
Prosecutors said members of the ring would obtain fake driver's licenses in the names of victims, tell store clerks they had forgotten their store credit cards and then use the fake licenses and stolen Social Security numbers as proof of identity. ...

Woman sought by Middletown police in identity theft case
Middletown Transcript
Goldsborough was charged with identity theft, theft, and seven counts of unauthorized use of a credit card. The latter charge is considered a felony due to the age of the victim, who is 80. Police responded to the victim's home on Jan. ...
Pa. man convicted in identity fraud case, feds say he had info of 1300 people ...
The Republic
AP PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man faces prison time for an identity theft scheme that involved more than 1000 people. A jury convicted 35-year-old David Ballard of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft on Wednesday in a scam that involving more ...
Folsom man pleads guilty in Loomis Wealth Solutions fraud case
Sacramento Bee
By Denny Walsh Christopher J. Warren, who fled the country with a fortune in gold and returned with a paltry $70000 in cash stuffed into the cowboy boots he was wearing, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Sacramento federal court to identity theft and wire ...
Women Accused Of Stealing Checks From Mailbox
KRDO
Agee is being held on a theft charge. Wetmore is accused of identity theft. The investigation started in December when the checks were stolen. There was a big break in the case when investigators learned that some of the stolen checks had been used at ...