Thursday, April 19, 2012

Identity Theft Prevention - Thu Apr 19, 2012


IRS Inspector General Warns of Alarming Rate of Identity Theft
Bloomberg
“Unscrupulous individuals are stealing identities at an alarming rate,” he said today in Washington. George cited IRS data showing that in 2011, the agency detected about 940000 tax returns involving identity theft and stopped $6.5 billion in refunds ...

Crime Report: ID Theft Discovered on Tax Day and SUV Break-ins
Patch.com
Identity Theft: Tax Day proved to be especially frustrating for an Oconee County woman. She told deputies on April 17 she attempted to file tax documents with a tax preparer but the documents were rejected by the IRS because someone else had already ...
ID theft: ex-Army recruiter in Texas gets 3 years
Austin American-Statesman
The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — A former Army recruiter in South Texas has been sentenced to three years in military prison for identity theft. Investigators say the scam started when Staff Sgt. Joshua Roach retaliated against a recruit who opted ...
Gay man, shunned by family, steals brother's identity, police say
Los Angeles Times
Glendale police were alerted to the alleged identity theft two weeks ago when an Allen Gwyn Chevrolet employee advised Christopher Higa, 24, to return a new 2012 Chevy Malibu that he purchased using the identity of his 21-year-old brother, ...
Hackers, IRS Insiders and Others Will Steal Billions in Tax Refunds
Mashable
Identity theft cases have not been prioritized during the standard tax return filing process,” states the prepared testimony of J. Russell George, the Treasury Department inspector general for tax administration. “We have found that the issuance of ...


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