September 15, 2010 – 7:13 am
Receiving calls from debt collectors is never a pleasant experience. But being threatened with a lawsuit or arrest for a debt you don’t owe is downright frightening.
A phony debt collection scam that first swept the nation in 2009 is now making a comeback. The scam works like this: you receive a call from a [...]
September 14, 2010 – 7:07 am
A Portland-based group of identity thieves moved from city to city, wearing designer suits and fancy watches, frequenting strip joints and casinos. The group operated as a new breed of quick-hit ID thieves known as “creepers.”
Creepers are a group of people that sneak into offices and make off with checks, credit cards and personal [...]
September 13, 2010 – 7:49 am
Imagine this scenario: you’re a woman traveling alone, and you’re pulled over in a small town, in the middle of nowhere, for speeding. And you weren’t even going very fast.
But then, the officer handcuffs you because there are several felony warrants in your name that are outstanding. And you’ve never even had a traffic ticket [...]
September 10, 2010 – 7:02 am
A Georgia couple has been arrested and charged in Franklin Springs, Ga. in connection with an identity theft case that touched down in at least five states.
Travounce Maurice Williams ad Yulanda Michelle Everett were arrested Sept. 6 after they tried to pass a fraudulent check in a Maxway store. When clerks became suspicious, they called [...]
September 9, 2010 – 6:56 am
Fifty-year-old Chinyere Etoty of Cockeysville, Md. has been sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $38,000 in restitution after being convicted of Social Security fraud and identity theft.
Etoty used the stolen information of a disabled person for 25 years.
In 1984, Etoty stole identity information from a disabled Illinois resident and [...]
September 8, 2010 – 5:43 am
Two California brothers have been charged in a real estate fraud ring including 40 properties in San Diego County. Charges on more than 100 felonies include identity theft, forgery, grand theft, rent skimming and conspiracy in Nevada and California.
David Zepeda, 57, and John Zepeda, 59, both from San Bernadino, have each been charged in the [...]
September 7, 2010 – 5:03 am
Heather Lynn Holley of Raleigh, N.C. is being held on a $6 million bond and is facing 30 charges including identity theft, forgery and breaking and entering.
Her victims are just trying to get their lives back together, and one even called the process a “full-time job.”
Holley, according to police reports, broke into several homes [...]
September 3, 2010 – 8:14 am
A new trend is emerging among identity thieves. Now posing as debt collectors, thieves are calling people with an alarming amount of personal information and putting consumers at a high risk for identity theft and significant financial loss.
The phony debt collectors are impersonating debt collectors who use very aggressive tactics to scare the consumer into [...]
September 2, 2010 – 8:05 am
The Council of Medical Societies has filed a motion to intervene in a pending case to prevent the Federal Trade Commission from applying the red flags identity theft rule to doctors.
The regulation requires entities that regularly extend credit to establish formal policies for detecting and preventing identity theft. The council said compliance with the rule [...]
September 1, 2010 – 8:12 am
A 50-year-old Vancouver, Wash. woman has pleaded not guilty to 17 counts of forgery and 15 counts of identity theft after allegedly stealing $300,000 from a 90-year-old man.
According to police reports, Becky L. Iverson befriended the man while she work for a real estate firm. He and his wife sold their home through the firm [...]
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