Identity Theft News

Secretary accused of identity theft BY ROB SEAL 3/17/2007 – Secretary accused of identity theft Authorities say she charged purchases in Louisa lawyer’s name BY ROB SEAL MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE Mar 17, 2007 CHARLOTTESVILLE — A former secretary accused of using a lawyer’s identity to rack up more than $145,000 in fraudulent purchases and…

IT Confidential: Is Anyone Doing Anything About Identity Theft? 3/16/2007 – MARCH 16, 2007 | Incidents of identity theft are increasing in the United States at an alarming rate, according to a survey by Gartner. Approximately 15 million Americans were victims of fraud related to identity theft in the 12 months from August 2005 to…

Former city clerk worker accused of ID theft Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer 3/16/2007 – ‘Employee of year’ allegedly took info off online database Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, March 16, 2007 A former “employee of the year” at the Oakland city clerk’s office was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday…

Tax Information Can Expose Filers to Identity Theft PRNewswire 3/15/2007 – REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 15 /PRNewswire/ — With tax season rapidly approaching, millions of Americans are preparing their taxes, hoping they do not owe money to Uncle Sam. However, many fail to realize is that the government is not the only one after their…

Today’s photocopiers an emerging identity-theft threat The Associated Press 3/15/2007 – SAN JOSE, Calif. Consumers are bombarded with warnings about identity theft. Publicized threats range from mailbox thieves and lost laptops to the higher-tech methods of e-mail scams and corporate data invasions. Now experts are warning that photocopiers could be a culprit as well. That’s…

Identity theft focus of collaborative meeting BY RUTH JUSTIS 3/15/2007 – Identity theft is big business — to the tune of 50 million people losing data over the last five months. “Your Social Security Number is becoming as valuable as cash to thieves,” Mary Eddins, identity theft risk management specialist for Pre-Paid Legal Services, told…

Identity Theft: Do Your Employees Have Too Much Access? When she was out, packages started arriving that were addressed to unknown recipients. Her boss sent them back. But on another day when the receptionist was out, a delivery person told the owner that one of the reclaimed packages was part of a potential fraud investigation.…

Identity theft is on the rise at an alarming rate Craig Belcher 3/14/2007 – Abingdon VA. (rushprnews) 03/14/2007 – In 2006 there was a total of $56.6 billion loss that was attributed to identity theft. It has been reported that 90% of the compromises had occurred offline. It was also determined that a vast majority…

Identity Theft Up 50% Since 2003 emarketer 3/9/2007 – Identity thieves hit 15 million Americans in the 12 months ending mid-2006, according to a new survey by Gartner. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported 9.9 million American adult identity theft victims in 2003, indicating that since then such crime has jumped 50%. Victims were taken…

ID theft forecast: Gloomy today, worse tomorrow Computerworld 3/7/2007 – March 07, 2007 (Computerworld) — Virtually every trend line for identity theft is bad news, a research analyst said today as she released a survey showing that 15 million Americans were victimized during a recent 12-month span. For the year-long period that ended last August,…