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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Sat Jun 30, 2012

Mo Money victim testifies to Congress
WAVY-TV
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Norfolk man, who says he was a victim of Mo Money
Taxes, testified in front of members of a House subcommittee Thursday
morning. Michael Robinson spoke before members of Congress during a hearing
on identity theft and income ...
<http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/mo-money-victim-testifies-to-congress>

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Mon Jun 18, 2012

Decatur man accused of stealing thousands of identities
WGCL Atlanta
Identity theft for its victims is a devastating crime. ... Identity theft
victim Marcus Johnson, who was not defrauded by Chavo, told CBS Atlanta the
results of this ...
<http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/18809753/decatur-man-accused-of-stealing-thousands-of-identities>

WisPolitics.com: Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups: 2012 World ...
In response to this devastating crime, the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging
Groups has started the statewide WI Identity Theft Coalition, which is made
up of victim ...
<http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=272426>

Study: Few Aware Of Risk Of Medical ID Theft
Insurance News Net (press release)
While it's the fastest-growing type of identity theft, a new Nationwide Insurance ... a medical identity theft is about 20000 dollars , according to actual victims.

2 Russian women accused of ID theft to buy 81 smartphones in 4 states
The Republic
Gulnara Rothwell, also known as Gulnara Bagautdinova, and Olga Neye, also known as Olga Maltseva, each is charged with aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to get and use false identification, US Attorney Donald Cazayoux Jr. said Tuesday.

Serial rapist convicted
Independent Online
Reginald Temana, 20, hid his face after being convicted on the eight charges, one of attempted rape, three of robbery with aggravating circumstances and five of theft. The matter was postponed to July 12 for sentencing. Temana claimed his victims were ...

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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Sun Jun 3, 2012

Victim Witness Program steadfast in helping victims navigate complex court system
The Sheboygan Press
Unless you've been the victim of a crime or have had to testify in a trial, you probably don't know the program exists or what it does. But each year, the program helps about 3000 victims and witnesses in cases that range from theft to domestic ...

Victims of $1 million tax fraud speak out
WFXL FOX 31
“Somebody was using my name back in December or November of last year and then they said that was kind of impossible,” says Willie Ross, an identity theft victim. Turns out, not only was it possible but it was actually happening.

Tax-refund fraud: filing someone else's return to rip them off
Boing Boing
By Cory Doctorow at 6:09 am Friday, Jun 1 In the New York Times, Lizette Alvarez reports on a "tsumani of fraud" in the form of tax-refund identity theft. Using only a very little information, crooks file tax returns in their victims' names (the IRS ...

New Jersey Lawmakers Hope to Stop Identity Theft Via Copiers
ClaimsJournal.com
A bill aimed at preventing identity theft through digital copy machines used in banks, doctor's offices and other businesses is headed to the New Jersey Senate. The measure requires hard drives of digital copy machines to be wiped clean before the ...

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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Sun May 27, 2012

ID thieves stealing tax refunds
Austin American-Statesman
She learned her identity had been stolen. As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months. Read more about the change here. By Lizette Alvarez MIAMI — Besieged by identity theft, ...
Nixa contractor accused of stealing from tornado victims
Joplin Globe
By Jeff Lehr news@joplinglobe.com A federal grand jury has indicted a contractor from Nixa in connection with the theft of more than $73000 from an elderly Joplin couple who hired him to repair their tornado-damaged home. Terry A. Parker, 57, ...
Nixa Contractor Indicted for Stealing from Elderly Tornado Victims
Kansas City infoZine
The victim, identified as “HB” in the indictment, was 84 years old; he was caring for his 88-year-old wife, who required home care and nursing assistance. According to the indictment, Parker was at HB's home on a regular basis from June 2011 through ...

Identity theft no longer top reported cyber crime in US
thejournal.ie
WE'VE BEEN HEARING a lot about identity theft in the US lately, so we were surprised to find out it actually wasn't the top-reported cyber crime last year. According to the Internet Crime Complaint Centre, FBI-impersonation scams were the most common ..
Man sentenced for using stolen identity to take money from bank account
KIVI-TV
By Jaclyn Brandt Justine Lingatong, 24 of Carson, California, was sentenced in United States District Court to 60 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

ID thieves targeting the dead
msnbc.com
More than two million people a year are victims of identity theft after they have died. Chris Clackum reports.
Grand jury indicts businessman in Astoria forgery, theft case
Daily Astorian
They include eight counts of first-degree forgery and seven counts of identity theft. Astoria Deputy Police Chief Brad Johnston announced details of the case Friday. “The indictments are a result of a lengthy investigation into numerous complaints that ...
Cyber-thieves increasingly aiming at cellphones | The Republic
The Republic
Nationwide, the average victim who filed a complaint last year was duped out of $4187, reported the Internet complaint center. The FBI said the most common scams are identity theft, advance-fee and nondelivery scams. For instance, victims can be ...

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Sat May 5, 2012

Fighters for consumer rights - Empowering victims of identity theft (4 ...
Meet four of Money magazine's Heroes: Consumer advocates who have made extraordinary efforts to improve others' financial well-being.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Tue May 1, 2012

Pair face charges of theft from victim, 84
The Register-Guard
Boyd, 55, and Garold Hill Jr., 68, were arraigned in a Lane County Jail courtroom Monday on a 65-count criminal indictment charging them with stealing the Eugene man's assets and identity. Both entered not guilty pleas. Neither has been charged with ...

Suffolk Identity Theft Suspect Sought by Police
Long Island Press
By Timothy Bolger on May 1st, 2012 Suffolk County police are asking for the public's help to identify and locate an identity theft suspect wanted for making unauthorized withdrawals from victims' bank accounts. Police said the suspect has attempted and ...

Scam uses text messaging to lure victims with free gift cards
KOAM-TV
A new trend in identity theft is surfacing across the Four States and it's being done through text messages. In the past couple of weeks several people have received text messages from numbers with out-of-state area codes claiming they have won a big ...

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Wed Apr 25, 2012

Promoting Victims' Rights
Tyler Star News
During 2010, 92865 persons over the age of 65 were victims of violent crime. - In 2010, an estimated 8.1 million adults became victims of identity fraud. The leading identity theft complaints to the FTC included government documents and benefits fraud ...

Huntington Beach Police release photos of identity theft suspect
Contra Costa Times
HUNTINGTON BEACH — Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a woman wanted for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from victims' bank accounts through identity theft and forgery. Huntington Beach Police released several ...

Elderly Kendall couple reports ID theft
Aurora Beacon News
The Kendall County sheriff's office is investigating a report of identity theft against an elderly Minooka couple. The victims, ages 75 and 77, told deputies that someone had illegally obtained their bank account information and transferred funds to ...

Identity thieves are targeting your account
ABC30.com
Jan Manning is a five time victim. That's 5 times, in six months. She found out her identity had been stolen when she got a bill and when police found her name in a little black book. Jan's name was in bright pink -- and she had no idea that someone, ...
Identity thieves target dead people
KPRC Houston
Fraud prevention firm ID Analytic released data Monday that showed a new trend with identity theft -- targeting the dead. According to the data, nearly 2.5 million dead people are victims of identity theft every year. Impostors guess or track down ...

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Thu Apr 19, 2012

Con artists fleece gullible for $1.2bn
The Australian
FRAUDSTERS have fleeced one in every 15 Australians, who lost a record $1.2 billion last financial year in scams ranging from credit card fraud to mock lotteries and identity theft. Eight per cent of Australians targeted in a scam responded by clicking ...

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Wed Apr 18, 2012

Retired baseball star Dykstra jailed for lewd conduct
Reuters
In September, Dykstra's friend Christopher Gavanis pleaded no contest to one count of filing a false financial statement in that case and his former accountant, Robert Hymers, pleaded no contest to one count of identity theft.

Tax-Related Stress Continues for Victims of Tax-Related Identity Theft
Most of us are breathing a sigh of relief now that the stress of tax season is behind us. But for hundreds of thousands of Americans, the most challenging of ...

Identity Theft Poll | Bill Roehl
This week's poll question is whether you've ever been the victim of identity theft and how did you find out about it? How could someone be convicted of theft ...

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Tue Apr 17, 2012

Tax Return Identity Theft Legislation Introduced on Tax Day April 17
ESR NEWS
The Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft (STOP IT) Act would increase penalties for tax return identity thieves to help deter this crime and protect victims. The bill would also expand the definition of a victim of identity theft ...

Petr Murmylyuk, aka Dmitry Tokar, Charged With Fraud, Hacking, Identity Theft ...
Sheepshead Bites
Once the hackers controlled the accounts, they used stolen identities to open additional accounts at other brokerage houses. They then caused the victims' accounts to make unprofitable and illogical securities trades with the new accounts – referred to ...
IRS: Fake filers are stealing refunds
WJXT Jacksonville
Oceanway resident Sarah Bielling fell victim to this identity theft tax fraud this year. She's always filed her own taxes online without a problem, but this year while submitting her 1040 form, she got an error message. “At the end of the process, ...
Vancouver centre tackles growing identity theft problem
Yahoo! News Canada (blog)
As the CBC reports, the Canadian Identity Theft Support Centre, modeled after a similar initiative in San Diego, provides both advice and guidance for victims during the difficult days and weeks that follow the discovery of a theft.

Health center worker stole identities of patients with severe brain injuries ...
New York Daily News
Benjamin Achampong, 30, was charged with grand larceny, identity theft and other crimes in a 48-count indictment, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said. Achampong pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday and was being held on $50000

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Sat Apr 14, 2012

Saturday's police log: Hawthorne, Lawndale and Gardena
Daily Breeze
The victim's tax return was not able to be processed because someone had already filed taxes using the victim's name and Social Security number. - Identity theft (not on map). Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2008. The victim's identity and Social Security number ...

Representative Young Calls on IRS to Address Tax-Related Identity ...
While tax-related identity theft is a growing problem nationwide, the Tampa Bay region has seen a significant number of cases. Often, identity theft victims are .

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Monday, April 9, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Mon Apr 9, 2012

Utah officials find 750000 more victims in data breach of health department server
Washington Post
Monitoring financial accounts and credit reports is an important first step, but identity theft victims should also alert the three credit bureaus about potential fraud, said Kirk Torgensen, a chief deputy with the Utah attorney general's office who ...

Feds: Fraudster Bought Sex Toys In Mail Scheme
The Smoking Gun
... identity theft, bank fraud, and making false statements, according to a US District Court filing. Postal inspectors allege that Mehmood illegally forwarded the mail of victims to either his Sacramento home or a post office box he controlled.

Fraud victim: My nightmare goes on even though conman is jailed
This is Somerset
A victim of one of Britain's most notorious conmen has told how he is still being chased by credit card companies after his identity was stolen by the fraudster. Roofer Steve Broomfield – one of Kevin Castle's innocent targets – has also described how ...

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Sat Apr 7, 2012

70+ people victims in identity theft ring
KXRM
Pueblo County Sheriff's deputies said more than 70 people were victims of identity fraud in a ring leading back to December. Deputies arrested five women over the past three months in connection with the string of fraud cases

Murrieta Police Arrest Couple on Multiple ID Thefts
Crime Voice
By Lee Brown MURRIETA – Police have taken a man and woman into custody on charges of identity theft after discovering evidence that points to multiple victims. On Wednesday, Murrieta Police Corp. Andrew Dorcas said it's possible that some victims may ...

ID theft ring faces additional charge
Pueblo Chieftain
Suspects in an identity theft ring dismantled late last year now face an additional charge of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, the sheriff office said today. "After reviewing this voluminous and complex case, the district attorney's office ...

Lawyer Gets 5 Years for Defrauding County
LoanSafe
He falsified notarizations, created fake companies, stole identities and forged altered court records. Though prosecutors said he committed dozens of crimes, they agreed to charge him with a single count of theft by fraud of more than $10000 saying all ...

Victims of Identity Theft - Fri Apr 6, 2012

Suspects Found With 57 Stolen IDs, Police Say
Patch.com
A report filed by an alleged victim of identity theft led Murrieta police to recovering identification such as credit cards and checks belonging to 56 other possible victims. By Maggie Avants Joseph Roybal and Kelsea Anne Ryan are shown in jail booking ...

Pair Suspected in Identity Theft Scam
Valley News
Joseph Roybal, 21, and Kelsea Ryan, 18 -- both of Murrieta -- were arrested Monday on suspicion of identity theft involving more than 10 alleged victims, forgery, possession of stolen property, conspiracy and possession of controlled substances.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Thu Mar 8, 2012

Pelham Residents Fall Victim to Skimming Scam
The Daily Pelham
by Patrick Stapleton (email) PELHAM, NY – The Pelham Police Department is working with the Metro Transit Authority police after several Pelham residents were victims of identity theft and grand larceny from a skimming device that had been implanted in ...

BB&T Holds Document Shred Day Saturday
WFMY News 2
According to a recent study by Javelin Strategy & Research, nearly 12 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2011, an increase of 13% from 2010. On

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Thu Feb 16, 2012

Two women sentenced for robbing elderly couple of $250000
Examiner.com
The case was investigated by REACT, a Bay Area high-technology and identity theft task force directed by the district attorney's office. REACT's quick response led to the recovery of about $85000 of the victims' money, as well as the seizure of a 2007 ...

$256000 Stolen from Elderly Couple's Palo Alto Bank Account
Patch.com
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Rene Navarro on Tuesday sentenced Pang Thao, 26, of Elk Grove, CA to three years in prison for Identity Theft, Computer Hacking, and Elder Fraud crimes with an Aggravated White Collar Crime Enhancement, ...

Credit union worker, cousin sentenced for elder theft crimes
News10.net
The victims learned their account had been emptied in May 2011 when they received their banking statement. Thao was convicted of felony identity theft, computer hacking and elder fraud crimes with an aggravated white collar crime enhancement.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Tue Feb 14, 2012

The Windy Hill: Consequences Can Hurt Both Victims Cyberbullies
my.hsj.org
... the end result can be devastating for both victims and antagonists. The consequences ofcyberbullying someone can become very serious. A lot of times cyberbullying includes stalking,identity theft and hacking, all of which are crminal offenses.

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Friday, February 10, 2012

Victims of Identity Theft - Fri Feb 10, 2012

Identity Theft Law Protects Both Victims and Accused | New Jersey ...
There has been a lot of publicity around identity theft. The federal government has reported thatidentity theft is the.

New Victim Comes Forward In Phony Doctor Case
The San Francisco Appeal
The new charges filed in the case include practicing medicine without a license, sexual touching under false medical pretenses, sexual touching without consent, impersonation, identity theft and grand theft, Stillman said. She said even more victims ...
Several Worthington residents victims of identity theft
Columbus Local News (registration)
31 by a man who suspects a former roommate of opening a credit card account using his identity. The charges occurred between Aug. 14 and Jan. 3. The victim, who lives in the 200 block of East Stafford Avenue, said he suspects the former roommate ...

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Victims of Identity Theft News - Sun Nov 20, 2011

New York Steakhouse Waiters Stole Credit Card Data, DA Says
San Francisco Chronicle
"Every day, hardworking New Yorkers find themselves the victims of identity theft -- their financial information stolen from ATMs, from Internet transactions, from financial institutions and from retailers," he said in the statement. ...

Identity theft prevention? - Straight Dope Message Board
The victim has already put a credit freeze on her record. But obviously, other family members of the perpetrator have not yet been victims of identity theft, and ...

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