U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) introduced a bill Wednesday to require the Internal Revenue Service to notify potential victims of identity theft, something the agency has not always done in the past. The Social Security Identity Defense Act of 2015 would require the IRS to notify an individual…
Category: ID Theft
FL: Broward Resident Charged in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme
A Broward County resident was charged in an identity theft fraud scheme, involving 734 unauthorized tax returns. Keyiona Marvette Wright, 27, of Plantation, Florida, was charged by criminal complaint with one count of possessing fifteen or more unauthorized access devices, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(3), and one count of aggravated…
Alabama woman charged in $7.5 million stolen identity tax refund fraud ring
Kent Faulk reports: A Phenix City woman was arrested Tuesday based on an April 28 federal grand jury indictment charging her with conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, federal authorities announced. Talashia Hinton, also known as LayLay and LaLa, was charged in the indictment with one count of conspiracy…
Healthy Living possibly targeted for data breach
Burlington Free Press reports: Healthy Living informed its customers Friday afternoon of a potential security breach after some customers of the store found unauthorized charges to their credit cards in November and December of 2014. Read more on Burlington Free Press. The firm learned of the breach on March 25, and has been investigating since…
IRS investigator from Alabama charged with fraud, identity theft in agency’s latest scandal
Elizabeth Beshears reports: An IRS agent from Alabama and his accomplice have been indicted for fraud and identity theft, resulting in thirty charges between the two men for conspiring to file fake tax returns. The indictments are the latest in a string of scandals to rock the agency responsible for collecting federal taxes and enforcing…
For years, a Passport Agency contractor copied passport applicants’ data to create fake identities
Colby Itkowitz reports: A woman employed as a State Department contractor was indicted in Houston on Wednesday for an alleged identity theft scheme using personal information she stole while working at a passport office. The contractor, Chloe McClendon, and two other women were charged “with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and…