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Bondi Statement On Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA — This week is Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Attorney General Pam Bondi urges Floridians to be aware of identity theft and tax-related scams during this tax season. “I encourage Floridians to educate themselves on tax-related scams,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi. “If anyone…

South Florida woman gets 7 years in prison for identity theft scheme Miami Gardens resident Providencia Llanos was sentenced to 81 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for an identity theft and tax fraud scheme involving over 3,000 people. Llanos, 36, was also ordered to pay nearly $43,000 in restitution. In…

Angie’s List: Protect Against Idenity Theft ANGIE’S LIST — With incidences of identity theft on the rise, you really have to be conscious of how you dispose of your personal information. Residential paper shredding reduces the risk of having your confidential documents stolen and used against you. If you’ve ever tried shredding your own documents…

What you need to know about paper shredding Every two seconds another American becomes a victim of identity theft. While many thieves hit you online through data breaches or compromised accounts, some still rely on old-fashioned methods like mail theft or digging through your trash. This is why document shredding remains an important tool in…

Work Wanted: Unemployment claims fraud on the increase in Florida One of CareerSource’s directives is to help people who are unemployed get their job search on track. We regularly reach out to people receiving Re-employment Assistance (Florida’s term for unemployment compensation) to invite them in for a one-on-one meeting to develop strategy about their career…

Purging the paper from your office — and your life As we reach the end of the year, it’s a great time to take inventory of your records and more importantly, your records management plan. It’s easy to fall into a “save everything” philosophy when it comes to documents and other records, and accumulating paper…

Ormond police charge 4 men in statewide identity theft ring ORMOND BEACH — Four Miami men who police said are a traveling fraud ring who claimed to be in cahoots with the Russian mob in South Florida were arrested in the parking lot of a lawnmower business, investigators said. The suspects, natives of Cuba who…

Florida men plead guilty in federal court in St. Louis to identity theft charges ST. LOUIS — Two Florida men face sentencing in February after pleading guilty to federal identity theft charges. Montrail Austin and Terrell Langston, both 25 and from Miami, entered the guilty pleas Monday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. Langston…

Woman tried to hide plethora of stolen IDs in leggings, Plantation police say Fort Lauderdale woman caught with 18 driver’s licenses, 14 credit cards, 10 debit cards, six Social Security cards, five checkbooks and one birth certificate that did not belong to her landed briefly behind bars.. Brittany Lashae Prince, 22, was arrested Tuesday on…

Florida stopped 55,000 unemployment claims for possible fraud in 2014; employees upset by fraud BOCA RATON, Fla. – Millions of your tax dollars are paid to thieves each year. They’re ripping off you and the government by filing fraudulent unemployment claims. It’s a growing problem in Florida, and companies are frustrated with the state’s steps…