Four Reasons Why Shredding Sensitive Documents is a Wise Step for Your Future Paper shredding services can be beneficial to businesses and individuals, not to mention the environment. Many people underestimate the importance of having sensitive and personal documents destroyed in a swift and secure manner, because they are not fully aware of the risks…

“Operation Zig Zag” nabs 17 for identity theft State attorney Angela Corey along with members of the Secret Service and IRS announcing they’ve busted 17 people for stealing hundreds of identities in at least four different states. “Operation Zig Zag” was the joint effort between the state attorney’s office, the IRS, the Secret Service, and…

ID thefts of 49 cops lead to crime ring, feds say The investigation began in March with the discovery that 49 Aventura police officers and six other people connected to the city government were victims of identity theft and tax fraud in the 2011 income tax season, authorities said. On Tuesday, the inquiry led to…

Sensitive Documents Dumped Box loads of documents containing personal information and bank records have been found outside of an Atlanta office building. A concerned citizen called NBC affiliate WXIA after seeing paperwork blowing out of an open, collapsible dumpster. Elizabeth Newsom was walking to a grocery store and said she walked over for a closer…

ID theft fuels ‘tsunami’ of tax fraud in South Florida Stealing IDs off the Internet has become easier than swiping candy from a convenience store. Consider the case of Rodney St. Fleur, who was recently charged with taking the names of 26,000 people from public databases, including prison inmates. He obtained their Social Security numbers…

Florida man arrested in Owatonna for identity theft OWATONNA — A Florida man is currently being held at the Steele County Detention Center after he allegedly used a false name to purchase more than $7,100 of merchandise from Cabela’s and Kohl’s in Owatonna. Michel V. Oberto-Galban, 35, of Hialeah, Fla., was charged with one count…

Tax Refund Fraud Victims Getting Left Behind MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Tax refund fraud has kept federal prosecutors in South Florida busy as the crime continues to grow in popularity. Just this year, two former NFL players pleaded guilty to taking part in tax refund fraud. “Identity theft, tax refund scams are really no less than…

Man charged with tax fraud and identity theft A 30-year-old Fort Lauderdale man was indicted on federal tax fraud charges and accused of using identity theft to get income tax refunds, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer announced Tuesday. Lee Ervin Dale is facing 14 counts for filing false income tax returns with the IRS, using…

Data Breach Leads to Identity Theft at North West Florida State College An attack on Northwest Florida State College computer systems resulted in a data breach that has affected nearly 300,000 people and led to reports of identity theft and fraud. A data breach has turned scores of Northwest Florida State College (NWFSC) employees into…

Top Secret Service agent helps kick off cyber-crime campaign in South Florida It was no secret why the top boss at the U.S. Secret Service was in South Florida to talk about electronic-based crimes such as identity theft and credit-card skimmers. The region has earned the distinction of being a motherboard of sorts in electronic…