Identity Theft News

Getting Greener With Paper Shredding There’s a lot of talk about green these days. Almost in every industry, you’ll find a “green” version of a product, promising a gentler impact on the environment, toting eco-responsibility, and sometimes, it can save you money. When it comes to business, it’s all about energy efficiency and reducing paper…

Consumer Watch: More tips on how to avoid ID theft Several readers have asked for more information about protecting themselves from identity theft. As I’m speaking to the Scenic City Friends next week about ID theft/fraud, it seems an ideal time to piggyback on last week’s column with some expanded info. According to Senior Digest…

Chipley woman among 2 pleading guilty to tax scam PANAMA CITY — Two people involved in a tax fraud scheme using identities stolen from patients in a Bonifay assisted living home have admitted to 31 federal charges of wire fraud and identity theft. Jermaine Winters, 39 of Coleman, and Rosetta Presley, 22, of Chipley, pleaded…

Why You Should Hire a Professional Document Shredding Company This Tax Season With tax season coming to a close, it’s time to think about the Spring Cleaning of your confidential documents. Typically, it’s good business process to hang onto old tax records, but how long you keep them differs for businesses versus personal income tax…

Two PB men convicted of $700,000 ID theft, fraud Two Palm Beach County men have been convicted of taking part in an identity theft conspiracy involving more than 1,000 fraudulent income tax returns, yielding about $700,000 in refunds, federal prosecutors announced Friday. Lukner Blanc, 31, of Royal Palm Beach, and Benoit Placide, also known as…

US Charges 42 In $21M Florida Identity Theft-Fraud Takedown MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Fourty-two people in South Florida are facing federal charges in connection to a $21 million identity theft-fraud scheme. Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said Thursday the suspects were indicted in 25 separate cases. Most were attempts to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, but…

Documents with Social Security numbers found in south St. Louis dumpster ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV.com) – A south St. Louis resident was in alley picking up trash when he discovered a dumpster overflowing with documents containing personal information. The resident then called Dona Forbes, whose name and Social Security number was on some of the…

Florida Hospital: 2 employees copied records of 9,000 patients Two Florida Hospital employees printed portions of medical records of as many as 9,000 patients from January 2012 to May 2014, the hospital announced on Friday.. The hospital is notifying the affected patients on Friday. Hospital campuses in Orange, Osceola and Seminole Counties are affected. There…

Tax fraud peeks in South Florida, student victims speak out Paul Hunt, a professor at the University’s Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, didn’t receive his 2012 income tax refund until September 2014. After having sat down on May 2013 to file his 2012 income taxes, along with those of his wife,…

Florida: The #1 State for Identity Theft Consumers filed nearly 2.6 million complaints with the Federal Trade Commission and other consumer groups in 2014, and identity theft was the most common kind, making up 13% of complaints, according to the annual Consumer Sentinel Network report. Identity theft is a national issue — the 332,646 identity…