Identity Theft News

Don’t Be an Identity Theft Victim Shakespeare got it right: “Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing. ‘Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name robs me … And makes me poor indeed” (Othello). Oh, for the good old days when stealing…

Don’t Be A Target of Identity Theft Identity theft can happen to anyone,” that is the message of an all day conference by housing and credit counseling held Friday. Seminars have been going on all day at the Capital Plaza Hotel educating many on identity theft, addressing financial literacy in Kansas, as well as panel…

Identity theft growing in undocumented job market Undocumented workers increasingly are turning to identity theft to gain access to jobs as technology and training make it harder for forged documents to pass muster, experts say. Buying fraudulent documents costs anywhere from $100 to thousands of dollars. Generally speaking, you get what you pay for, Immigration…

Insurer Data Breach Results in Identity Theft for UC-Irvine Students A data breach at UnitedHealthcare has resulted in 1,132 students at UC-Irvine having their identities stolen, university officials said on Thursday, the Orange County Register reports. Fraudulent tax returns were filed for at least 155 of the affected students. The identity thefts were revealed in…

Protection From Identity Theft TULSA, Okla.) June 6 – Some of you may be getting e-mails from someone claiming to be with the IRS, asking for your social security number and other personal information. The problem is, the IRS doesn’t send e-mails. This is just one of the many ways thieves are trying to steal…

State Senate passes identity theft bill ALBANY – The New York State Senate Thursday passed legislation sponsored by Senator Stephen Saland (R-C-I, Poughkeepsie), that would toughen the state’s law against the crime of identity theft by expanding the types and amount of personal identification that would be needed to charge someone with identity theft, as…

ITRC’s 5th Annual Aftermath Study Released: An Analysis of Identity Theft Through the Victim’s Eyes SAN DIEGO, June 4 /PRNewswire/ — The Identity Theft Resource Center(R)(ITRC) today released an important report discussing the impact of identity theft victimization. Since 2003, the Identity Theft Resource Center has conducted annual victimization surveys to study the impact of identity theft crimes…

Identity theft suspect racked up $787,000 in debt Police arrested a Mesa man Tuesday on suspicion of identity theft after he tried to buy a $33,000 truck using somebody else’s Social Security number, according to a report. Investigators said Adan Betancio Guerrero, 36, racked up more than $787,000 in debt since 2001 using the number,…

The identity theft and meth connection I’ve been reading about the growing connection between identity theft and methamphetamine use, but after seeing a report this morning about a woman in Oregon who was sentenced to more than four years in prison for identity and mail theft in addition to possession of methamphetamine, I wanted to…

Wealthy Londoners are most at risk as cases of identity theft soar The number of cases of identity theft has soared by 66 per cent in the past year, with wealthy business people and company directors in London topping the list of those most at risk. More than 6,000 people contacted the credit reference agency…