Identity Theft News

Fourteen Indicted in Florida for Online Banking Theft According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, 14 people were recently indicted for their involvement in a scheme targeting bank customers’ online checking and savings accounts. “The defendants range in age from 23 to 53,” writes SC Magazine’s Dan Kaplan. “The…

Seniors: Beware of con artists targeting you South Florida seniors: Take extra precautions because you are prime targets for scams, identity theft and other schemes, according to a Monday fraud prevention seminar. “You are your own best protection,” said U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, who sponsored the program at a Pembroke Pines senior center…

Hurricanes and confidential document protection Hightstown To Begin Restoring Salvageable Borough Records Nine months after devastating Hurricane Irene hit Hightstown, poured several feet of water inside Borough Hall and sent papers floating down the creek to Cranbury, a company has been called in to begin the process of restoring the borough’s records. The state-approved company,…

Tax Return Fraud in Florida and What to Do Tax Return Fraud in Florida and What to Do leave a comment » Do you have friends or associates who have had their tax returns stolen from them here in Florida? I do. Recently at Broward College in Coconut Creek, Florida, several of my fellow employees’…

Employees Steel Identities With South Florida leading the nation in identity theft, companies especially need to safeguard employees’ and clients’ personal information from being taken by dishonest co-workers. More identity theft is coming not from thieves stealing a purse or wallet but from employees swiping personal information from the files of a facility or office…

Company concerned over documents theft.  Employee is suspected By Richard Wilson Staff Writer DAYTON — A disgruntled employee at a local trucking company is suspected of breaking into the business and stealing personnel documents. A supervisor at A Plus Expediting and Logistics Inc., 1931 Neva Drive, reported that a suspended employee was seen entering the…

Lawmakers pledge rigorous Florida identity theft law Lawmakers in Tallahassee announced plans to work together on a non-bipartisan plan to crack down on tax refund fraud. In a press conference held in response to an investigation by The Tampa Tribune, lawmakers asserted that they will take steps to make it easier for police and prosecutors…

Non-Profits and Small Business Record Retention Schedules Books In Balance Has Produced A How To Guide For Non-Profits and Small Business Owners In Regards To Retention Schedules That Is Lacking From the IRS San Francisco based accounting firm of Books In Balance says, “There is no definitive answer that governs record retention, but there are…

Identity Theft Leads to Increased Tax Fraud in U.S. (Especially Florida) The IRS receives 100 million tax returns per year, and so far this year, 2.6 million cases of fraudulent returns have occurred Tax fraud is on the rise, especially in the state of Florida where cyber criminals are posing as other people and taking…

Even the Pope is subject to Identity Theft by employees Vatican: Leak of Documents Is Called a ‘Brutal’ Personal Attack on the Pope The Vatican on Tuesday denounced the theft of secret papal documents as a “brutal” personal attack on Pope Benedict XVI. The Vatican’s deputy secretary of state, Archbishop Angelo Becciu, left, said in…