Archive for August 2007

Web CPA 8/31/2007 – Two high-ranking senators are calling for the Government Accountability Office to investigate the growing problem of tax fraud related to identity theft and how it contributes to the tax gap. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and ranking Republican member Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, sent a letter to the GAO asking…

Law aims to help victims of identity theft CAROL DeMARE 8/29/2007 – It came to the attention of state officials that many people who felt their identity had been stolen or tampered with were walking out of police stations frustrated because no one paid attention to them. That shouldn’t happen any longer. There’s a new…

Woman Sentenced To Prison For Identity Theft TINA A. BROWN 8/28/2007 – A former mortgage broker who used a client’s identity to buy herself a $400,000 house in a plum Manchester neighborhood is headed to prison after her conviction today of identity theft and forgery. A judge in Hartford Superior Court sentenced Elsa Joiner, 37,…

Woman arrested in ID theft JOE MARUSAK 8/28/2007 – STATESVILLE –Iredell County sheriff’s investigators have arrested and charged a Statesville woman in the theft of her deceased uncle’s identity to obtain credit cards, Sheriff Phil Redmond said in a news release. Investigators charged Karen Marie Woods, 39, with six counts of identity theft and one…

Identity-theft suspect pleads guilty in plea deal – Gary Klien 8/26/2007 – A man charged with running an identity-theft operation with links to Marin, Florida and Oregon has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors. Ales Obrstar, 34, of San Francisco was arrested last month after his box at Mailbox Services in San Rafael was…

Identity Theft Scam Targets Midtown Restaurant Customers News Desk 8/25/2007 – Customers who used credit cards to charge their meal at Paulette’s Restaurant in Midtown Memphis may be victims of an identity theft scam. Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies who make up the ALERT Squad (Area Law Enforcement Retailers Team) linked purchases to an employee at…

Protect a good name Gene Walden 8/25/2007 – Before he became a financial adviser, Mike Miller was a police officer for 20 years and a graduate of the FBI National Academy. That’s why Miller was a little surprised to find himself the victim of identity theft — not once, not twice, but on three separate…

Identity Theft Expert Points to Organized Crime and Warns that Identity Thieves Target All Demographics IDTheftSecurity.com 8/25/2007 – According to various reports, last week authorities arrested members of an identity theft ring that was targeting members of the Forbes 400 list. Robert Siciliano, a widely televised and quoted personal security and identity theft expert, said…

Severn man gets 6 years for identity theft Sun reporter 8/20/2007 – A Severn man was sentenced to more than six years in prison today and ordered to pay restitution of at least $120,000 for stealing people’s identities and gaining access to private and corporate credit counts, federal prosecutors said. Ronald Steven Williams II, 32,…

Ex-hospital worker to serve 2 years for identity theft, fraud By a Sun reporter 8/19/2007 – A former hospital employee has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for identity theft and bank fraud, the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s office announced today. Nicole Jenise Stevenson, 25, of Baltimore, began working at Harbor Hospital in…