Monthly Archives: March 2009

LifeLock review: Criminal identity theft

March 28, 2009 – 9:10 pm

Everybody knows about identity thieves that open knew credit card accounts in their victim’s names, or use their information to buy cars or even houses. But the one type of identity theft that doesn’t seem as widely known is criminal identity theft.
Since I started writing about identity theft, I’ve learned of one criminal identity theft [...]

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LIfeLock: Data breach by federal court during ID theft investigation

March 24, 2009 – 9:45 am

Irony: (noun) an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected
A Maryland federal court–in the course of a medical identity theft investigation–inadvertently published on the Internet the names, birthdates, and health care policy numbers of 226 people. Ninety-two Social Security numbers were also included it the publicly accessible information.
Identity theft experts [...]

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LifeLock review: 20-somethings most common ID theft victims

March 18, 2009 – 12:27 pm

It might come as a surprise, but it’s people in the 20 to 29-age bracket who are most likely to become identity theft victims, according to the Federal Trade Commission’s most recent Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book, released last month.

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ID Theft: The 10th Circle of Hell

March 11, 2009 – 12:18 pm

When Dante’s Inferno gets updated for the 21st century, the author needs to add identity theft as the 10th circle of hell. Think I’m exaggerating? Ask Jeremiah Mydland of Claremore, Oklahoma.

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Dead Sea Scrolls centerpiece of identity theft arrest

March 6, 2009 – 12:59 pm

The Dead Sea Scrolls are at the center of an identity theft dispute and arrest.
Raphael Golb, a Manhattan real estate attorney, was arrested yesterday and charged with identity theft, criminal impersonation and aggravated harassment. According to the Manhattan district attorney, Golb used stolen identities to bolster the theories about the origin of the Dead Sea [...]

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LifeLock review: Who protects their identities while they protect the nation?

March 3, 2009 – 2:26 pm

Cora Dixon traded a 15-year prison term for her guilty pleas to her activities in an identity theft ring that targeted 100 reservists and sailors at Texas military bases and netted almost $2 million from them.

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