Avoiding identity theft WWAY 9/12/2007 – WILMINGTON — Handling personal finances online is often easier than doing it the old fashioned way. But with identity theft becoming more common, consumers need to be careful. Local experts on identity theft say the best way to deal with online theft online is to try and avoid it…

Child was ID theft victim Kelly Puente9/12/2007 – LAKEWOOD – Authorities on Wednesday released more information on the arrest of a Lakewood man suspected of identity theft. Clayton Stewart was arrested on Monday morning and charged with aggravated identity theft and access device fraud, after agents from the U.S. Postal Inspectors service served a warrant…

Grand jury indicts for bank fraud, identity theft Marie Price 9/10/2007 – OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal grand jury meeting in Oklahoma City has issued indictments accusing several individuals of financial-related crimes including identity theft, bank fraud, counterfeiting and conspiracy. Latest Law News Appeals court upholds Fisher conviction10th Circuit Court dismisses state’s appeal in Tahlequah…

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,…