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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Be sure before you buy
May 23, 2011 – 8:14 am
A woman from Escondido, Calif. has been arraigned on federal charges of conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud after authorities say she received more than $800,000 in counterfeit money orders and travelers checks. The scheme was devised to defraud people via Craigslist and Yahoo! sites.
Kathleen Wurts, 59, was charged in connection with a scam that [...]
South Korean ID theft ring leader caught in Hawaii
May 18, 2011 – 8:17 am
A grand jury in Honolulu has indicted a man accused of leading an identity theft ring that prosecutors say stole information from 145 people on Oahu. The ring used stolen information to set up credit cards and checks with fake IDs. The information was obtained through home invasions and auto thefts.
The ring leader, Pyong Pak, [...]
Protect your children from identity theft
May 16, 2011 – 7:28 am
A recent report by Carnegie Mellon’s CyLab found that identity thieves are targeting children’s Social Security numbers. Using data from an identity monitoring company, researchers found the identities of 4,311 children were being used by someone else. The youngest victim was 5 months old.
It’s no surprise that this type of crime is on the rise. [...]
Half-dozen arrested, charged in LA with ID theft in multimillion-dollar case
May 11, 2011 – 8:24 am
Six people in Los Angeles have been charged with identity theft fraud by a federal grand jury in connection with a fraud case that cost banks more than $3 million.
The U.S. attorney’s office said the jury returned a 29-count bank fraud indictment last week against an Arkansas woman and six accomplices. The group stole Social [...]
Use these steps to deal with data breach
May 9, 2011 – 8:22 am
Data breaches are becoming more common and, unfortunately more frequent. Sony recently announced what experts are calling the largest data breach in history, which will affect 77 million online PlayStation gamers.
Unfortunately, you can’t prevent a data breach. You can withhold and protect your personal information most of the time, but sometimes you have to provide [...]
Numbers stolen from Sony breach already on Black Market
May 4, 2011 – 8:27 am
Sony Online Entertainment recently announced a data breach, and has now issued a warning that users of online games like EverQuest, found on the PlayStation video game network, could become the victims of “spear phishing.”
Seventy-seven million people have been affected by the breach, and experts are calling it the largest data breach in history. Personal [...]
