Archive for April 2013

Florida woman pleads guilty in St. Louis to federal charges of ID theft ST. LOUIS — A Florida woman has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from filing false tax returns using stolen identities. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Eastern Missouri said in a release Monday that 28-year-old Tania Henderson, of Wesley Chapel, Florida, pleaded…

How secure is your confidential data? It seems ages ago that companies were first warned about the danger of confidential information being found in trash bags in front of the office, yet despite the use of shredders and complex security systems, data still manages to leak out the old fashioned way. “Traditional security threats to…

Identity Theft Legislation Passes It took less than a minute Friday for the Florida Senate to pass legislation to curb identity fraud. Now the bill is headed to the Governor. The legislation was drafted in response to news reports that police were arresting people carrying dozens of IDs that don’t belong to them, but had…

ID Theft Bill Passes House, Awaits Senators Possessing other people’s IDs and credit card information in Florida isn’t necessarily a crime. Police have to prove the person with the info plans to commit fraud. In less than three minutes, the Florida House passed a bill to protect people from identity theft. Representative Larry Ahern is…

Congress considering bills to protect against tax fraud and ID theft Hard-hit by tax fraud, several of Florida’s representatives to Congress are trying to build better laws that will protect individuals from fraud and ID theft. On Monday, Miami-area Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Joe Garcia and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen all promoted legislation to put an end…

South Florida Reps File Bills To Crackdown On Identity Theft MIAMI (CBSMiami) – It’s no secret that South Florida is a hot bed for identity theft, but many people don’t realize that the state also leads the nation when it comes to federal tax return identity theft. So on Tax Day, April 15th, several congressional…

Sacred Art Tattoo in Flat Rock admits tossing sensitive documents FLAT ROCK, Mich. (WJBK) – The tattoos may be sacred, but your personal information may not be. Fox 2 found company documents containing client’s personal information, including birth certificates, drivers licenses, social security numbers and credit card information. We talked owner Steve Fisher Sunday night.…

More sensitive documents found in central Indiana dumpster It was only a few weeks ago that 13 Investigates uncovered hundreds of personal records trashed in an open dumpster. Now, another tip has led to the discovery of more files containing private information like Social Security numbers for anyone to take. The files were very easy…

Driving School Busted for Identity Theft, Fraud The owner and clerk of a Colorado driving school were in court on Wednesday, accused of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, Social Security fraud and bribery. The two were accused of falsely certifying applicants for Colorado driver’s licenses and instruction permits who could…

Florida Legislator Thinks He Has Solution For Identity Theft Epidemic This is fitting. There’s no debating the fact that Florida has been the epicenter of the identity theft epidemic lately. This past year the state claimed 9 of the 10 top spots on one ID theft statistics list and it ranked #1 for tax return…