Posts by Sean Fredricks

Audit Finds Confidential Documents in Open Spaces at Rath Building Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw calls it a treasure trove for identity thieves. Thousands of documents containing sensitive information of residents were found in open areas within the Rath Building. Mychajliw says the discovery began when his office was asking the department…

Sun, Sea and Identity Theft? Florida Tops All 50 States Florida is a retiree’s mecca, but along with the warmer climate comes a much higher risk of identity theft. And because retirees have benefits their younger neighbors don’t, medical identity theft can pose a big problem. On a per capita basis, 361 Floridians out of…

Your Money: Protecting yourself from identity theft Not all that long ago, many of us thought we only had to watch our credit cards to avoid identity theft. If the crooks didn’t get the numbers on our plastic, we thought, they couldn’t live it up and go on a wild shopping spree like the one…

Ex Florida Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty To ID Theft Bernard Beliard, a former state corrections officer, pled guilty to fraud and aggravated identity theft, following prosecutors charges of stealing the personal info of over 800 inmates at the South Florida Regional Center, reports the Miami Herald. Beliard admitted that he had used his authority to…

New York woman arrested in ID theft ring STAMFORD — A Bronx, N.Y., woman believed to be involved in a Florida identification theft ring was arrested by police and Secret Service agents outside the Bull’s Head United Parcel Service store Thursday afternoon, police said. Tanya Goins, 40, of 920 Baychester Ave., was charged with trafficking…

Identity theft law moves to Florida governor ORLANDO, Fla. – It will be illegal to possess without permission other people’s personal information like social security numbers and credit cards if Gov. Rick Scott signs a bill that passed the Legislature. The House unanimously passed the bill (HB 691) on Thursday. The Senate unanimously passed it…

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…