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Category: ID Theft

(follow-up) Phila. woman sentenced in identity-theft case

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Dissent

Sam Wood reports the follow-up to a case previously covered here. A former bank employee was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for stealing the account information of at least seven customers and providing it to members of an identity-theft ring, authorities said. Regina Tolliver, 39, of Philadelphia, worked at the King of Prussia…

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Six arrested for compromising 10,000 online bank accounts

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Dissent

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of stealing credit cards, personal information and banking details as part of a suspected online banking fraud. On Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 August 2010, officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s (MPS) Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), assisted by the MPS Territorial Support Group and the Irish Garda…

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Closing a Door on Child Identity Theft

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Dissent

The Identity Theft Resource Center offers a solution to the problem that has made headlines this week — young children have their pristine SSN misused to create credit histories for those who have poor credit ratings, are illegal immigrants, or have other illegal intent: Since the 1980’s, children in the US have been issued Social…

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New ID theft targets kids’ SS numbers

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Dissent

Bill Draper of the Associated Press reports: …. Hundreds of online businesses are using computers to find dormant Social Security numbers — usually those assigned to children who don’t use them — then selling those numbers under another name to help people establish phony credit and run up huge debts they will never pay off….

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Texas Firm Blames Bank for $50,000 Cyber Heist

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: A business telephone equipment company in Texas is trying to force its bank into a settlement over an attack by organized cyber thieves last year that cost the company $50,000. Attorneys for Dallas-based Hi-Line Supply Inc. recently convinced a state court to require depositions from officials at Community Bank, Inc. of Rockwall,…

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ID theft feared at Ont. government website

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Dissent

The Canadian Press reports: An NDP critic is blasting the Ontario government after it revealed there was a possible case of identity theft linked to its driver’s licence address change website. On Saturday the government issued a news release saying it had “temporarily disabled the online address change function and has launched an investigation.” Read…

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