Archive for February 2014

Southwest Florida hunting ground for cyber scammers Scammers love Southwest Florida. Consumers nationwide lose more than $1.5 billion a year in fraud that is reported to the Federal Trade Commission, and residents of Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties are among the hardest hit. The Sarasota-Manatee region ranked in the top 10 nationwide in identity theft…

Beyonce’s, Kardashian’s Identity Thieves Sentenced To Federal Prison A Florida man and his mother were sentenced on Thursday in an Orlando, Fla., courtroom for their identity theft activities that included a credit card scam that victimized celebrities such as Grammy Award-winning singer Beyonce (Knowles), socialite Kim Kardashian and her mom Kris Jenner, according to FBI…