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Guarding your identity Gene Walden 9/8/2007 – If you become the victim of identity theft — and the chances of that are becoming more likely every year — you could face a seemingly endless series of intrusions into your personal financial affairs, as one Maple Grove woman recently learned. What’s worse, it’s a crime that…

Identity theft convict sentenced to 30 years Debra Barayuga 9/8/2007 – A Honolulu man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for stealing the identity and land belonging to Kauai businessman John Elwin, who was found killed in the Philippines in 2006. Circuit Judge Michael Town granted the state’s motion yesterday to have Henry Ponce…

Students fall victim to identity fraud Mark Dent 9/4/2007 – Sara Shannon just wants her passport back. She became a victim of identity fraud, , when a thief stole her wallet that contained her credit card, driver’s license and passport. “Nothing will ever buy back the stamps in my passport from my summer travels,” Shannon,…

Long Island man, 41, accused of stealing his blind aunt’s identity Newsday.com 9/4/2007 – ISLANDIA, N.Y. (AP) _ A man was arrested for stealing his blind aunt’s identity and charging thousands of dollars in purchases to her credit cards, including Mary Kay cosmetics, gas, food, a cell phone, and his family’s dental work, police said.…

Web CPA 8/31/2007 – Two high-ranking senators are calling for the Government Accountability Office to investigate the growing problem of tax fraud related to identity theft and how it contributes to the tax gap. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and ranking Republican member Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, sent a letter to the GAO asking…

Law aims to help victims of identity theft CAROL DeMARE 8/29/2007 – It came to the attention of state officials that many people who felt their identity had been stolen or tampered with were walking out of police stations frustrated because no one paid attention to them. That shouldn’t happen any longer. There’s a new…

Woman Sentenced To Prison For Identity Theft TINA A. BROWN 8/28/2007 – A former mortgage broker who used a client’s identity to buy herself a $400,000 house in a plum Manchester neighborhood is headed to prison after her conviction today of identity theft and forgery. A judge in Hartford Superior Court sentenced Elsa Joiner, 37,…

Woman arrested in ID theft JOE MARUSAK 8/28/2007 – STATESVILLE –Iredell County sheriff’s investigators have arrested and charged a Statesville woman in the theft of her deceased uncle’s identity to obtain credit cards, Sheriff Phil Redmond said in a news release. Investigators charged Karen Marie Woods, 39, with six counts of identity theft and one…

Identity-theft suspect pleads guilty in plea deal – Gary Klien 8/26/2007 – A man charged with running an identity-theft operation with links to Marin, Florida and Oregon has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors. Ales Obrstar, 34, of San Francisco was arrested last month after his box at Mailbox Services in San Rafael was…

Identity Theft Scam Targets Midtown Restaurant Customers News Desk 8/25/2007 – Customers who used credit cards to charge their meal at Paulette’s Restaurant in Midtown Memphis may be victims of an identity theft scam. Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies who make up the ALERT Squad (Area Law Enforcement Retailers Team) linked purchases to an employee at…