September 30, 2010 – 7:22 am
It’s a sad world we live in – when an accident victim, even though she was drunk, becomes a victim of identity theft.
A Miami police officer, accused of using an accident victim’s ATM card to steal $460, has been sentenced to 13 months in prison.
Christian Alvarez-Vega, 37, was one of eight people arrested by Miami [...]
September 29, 2010 – 7:12 am
Due to the sluggish economy, in the past couple of years people have tightened their purse strings – and most families are squeezing their pennies until Lincoln screams for mercy.
With that tightening came some reorganization, as some re-prioritized what they were spending their hard-earned dollars on. Most gave up some things as well. Unfortunately, some [...]
September 27, 2010 – 7:46 am
October is National Crime Prevention Month, and LifeLock is moving to arm consumers with the needed tools and education to protect themselves from identity theft.
According to Javelin Strategy and Research, more than 11 million people in the United States became victims of identity theft last year. That makes it crucial for consumers to learn how [...]
September 24, 2010 – 5:22 am
A man in Lacey, Wash. was arrested this week and charged with suspicion of identity theft and forgery — and it was all because of a $470 check.
Tellers at a Lacey bank called police after Joshua Lomsdale, 24, tried to cash the stolen check. When police officers arrived, they searched Lomsdale’s car and found a [...]
September 23, 2010 – 8:41 am
News outlets all over the globe have reported incidents of identity theft among American service men and women this year, and now the Defense Department is warning service members to be on the lookout for possible threats to their personal information.
Dave Julian, director of the Department of Defense Personal Finance Office, said the threat of [...]
September 22, 2010 – 8:41 am
Since the earliest days of automated teller machines, banks have had to deal with thieves figuring out new and creative ways to commit crime. ATM theft in the form of “skimming” has become more common in recent years.
Card skimming is the practice of collecting ATM card numbers and personal identification numbers for the purpose of [...]
September 21, 2010 – 7:44 am
U.S. prosecutors have extradited a Belarusian national accused of running a Web site that helped thousands of criminals exploit stolen financial information.
Dmitry M. Naskovets, 26, was brought from the Czech Republic to Manhattan, N.Y. last week. He was charged with creating and operating CallService.biz, an online service that supplied identity thieves with individuals who spoke [...]
September 20, 2010 – 7:00 am
Dozens of Florida businesses have fallen prey to corporate identity thieves, reports a South Florida newspaper.
The scam was uncovered when a Winter Garden businessman said he received multiple calls from people interested in applying for jobs they saw posted on his company’s Web site. There were no such job postings.
After investigating the calls, [...]
September 17, 2010 – 8:20 am
A Palisades Park, N.J.-based bank fraud ring that catered to Korean clients made millions of dollars through a variety of bank, credit card and government fraud schemes by exploiting loopholes in the security surrounding identification documents.
Social Security cards issued in the 1990s to Chinese nationals who came to work in American Samoa, Guam and Saipan [...]
September 16, 2010 – 7:21 am
If you live a normal life, you regularly put your personal information “out there” on a regular basis. Shopping online, shopping in stores, going to restaurants, going to school, visiting your doctor…all of these things require that you provide at least some of your personal information to someone.
As a savvy consumer, you should assess those [...]
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