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GA: More Victims Come Forward in Shorter University Identity Theft (updated)

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Dissent

Coosa Valley News reports: Rome police have now said that over 30 victims have been reported from an identity theft at Shorter University. Reports said that the people had their medical records stolen and have now used their information to file fraudulent tax returns. Police sad that two files medical records belonging to student athletes…

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“I am not the cop you think I am. I am a piece of s***.” – Former NYPD officer engaged in ID theft

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Dissent

EmpireStateNews.net reports: A former officer with the New York City Police Department was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 28 months in prison for credit card fraud and identity theft.  John Montanez, 28, of the Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty in August 2014 to one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity…

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Millions of Children Exposed to ID Theft Through Anthem Breach

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Dissent

Herb Weisman reports: Adults aren’t the only ones who can have their identity stolen. Tens of millions of American children had their Social Security numbers, date of birth and health care ID numbers stolen in the recent data breach at health insurance giant, Anthem Inc. This exposes these kids to the real risk of identity…

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PA: 18 Named In Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Affecting Over 11,000 Victims

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Dissent

Eighteen individuals from around the United States have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The thirteen-count superseding indictment named Doherty Kushimo, 53, of Providence, Rhode Island; Saburi Adeyemi, 57, of Memphis, Tennessee; Abiodun Bakre, 50, of Ozone Park, New York;…

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They’re victims of identity theft, but who’s to blame?

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Dissent

One of the frustrations identity theft victims experience is that they often have no idea how their identity information was compromised. Some of this site’s readers may have figured it out for themselves in looking into breach notification letters they got from CICS, but for all too many people, there are no answers. Consider some folks…

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OR: Convicted ID thief found with ‘how to’ guide, DMV database

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Dissent

Brent Weisberg reports: Joe V. Johansen was arrested Jan. 30 by officers with the Portland Police Bureau’s Street Crimes Unit that operates out of East Precinct. […] In the affidavit that requested an increase for bail, Jackson wrote Portland police officers Michael Strawn and Patrick Mawdsley received a downloaded copy of a computer that Johansen…

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