Identity Theft News

 Naples ranks fifth highest in U.S. for consumer complaints on ID theft, fraud WASHINGTON — Florida remained the hot spot for fraud and identity theft in 2014, burdened by the highest per-person rate of consumer complaints in the nation. Among metropolitan areas, South Florida topped the list for ID-theft complaints for the fifth year in…

Why do Florida metro areas dominate the nation for fraud complaints? The phrase rolls so easily off the tongue. Too easily, given new national statistics that show — right down to the metro area — that Florida remains by far the fraud capital of the United States. The state should be careful, lest it becomes…

Lee County nurse accused of ID theft, fraud LEE COUNTY, Fla.- A local nurse is accused of opening fraudulent credit accounts in the names of at least eight of her patients. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says Lynn Schlosser was arrested after they received a complaint about identity theft and credit card fraud in January.…

Florida couple indicted in St. Louis in ID theft, tax fraud scheme ST. LOUIS • A Florida couple have been indicted on federal charges and accused of running a tax refund fraud scheme that preyed on employees of a St. Louis bank, among other victims, to reap more than $1 million in suspicious refunds, court…

Florida leads nation in fraud, ID theft WASHINGTON — Florida remained the hotspot for fraud and identity theft in 2014, burdened by the highest per-person rate of consumer complaints in the nation.. Among metro areas, South Florida topped the list for ID-theft complaints for the fifth year in a row, according to figures released by…

Yikes! Florida is No. 1 in the sun on fraud, ID theft Florida’s got it all: Sun. Sand. Identity theft on a massive scale that puts the rest of the country in the shade. Florida leads the nation in both fraud and identify theft complaints per resident, the Federal Trade Commission says today. The metro…

Jacksonville woman pleads guilty to conspiracy to defraud U.S., ID theft A Jacksonville woman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and aggravated identity theft Wednesday in federal court, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Cherica Daniels, 32, was arrested in March 2012 trying to cash a U.S. treasury note made out to…

Man arrested with hundreds of identities pleads guilty JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 29-year-old man arrested with hundreds of identities in his possession pleaded guilty this week to one count of fraud and nine counts of identity theft. Kency Aime of Biscayne Park faces a maximum of 55 years in federal prison. According to court documents,…

U.S. attorney: Florida tops in ID theft Wifredo Ferrer, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, spoke to 105 people at the annual Palm Beach Crime Watch breakfast Feb. 3 at The Colony.Ferrer told the group that identity theft is the No. 1 consumer complaint in the country and Florida tops the list…

Jacksonville man sentenced to prison for identity theft A 49-year-old Jacksonville man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 months in federal prison for identity theft as well as aiding and abetting the attempted passing of counterfeit checks, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The case began Feb. 26, 2014, when the Florida Highway Patrol pulled over…