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Category: ID Theft

Up to 1.2M Tax Returns May Have Used Stolen IDs

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Dissent

An estimated 1.2 million tax returns filed in 2007 reported wages earned by taxpayers who used another taxpayer’s Social Security number, according to a new government report. Many tax returns are filed by individuals who have used another person’s name and Social Security number at work, but then filed federal tax returns using their own…

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IN: Local debit cards affected in breach

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Dissent

One to watch…. Lafayette police say a national debit card security breach is hitting close to home. According to police, this compromise has affected customers from a string of local restaurants and other businesses. And it’s hit several of the area’s banks and credit unions. “I have spoken with a lot of the local financial…

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Pub Looking Into Credit Card ‘Processing Error’

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Dissent

Hailee Lampert reports: An investigation is under way following several incidents of credit card fraud. Louisville Metro Police told WLKY the U.S. Secret Service is investigating this case. The Secret Service said as a matter of policy, they do not comment on open cases, even to confirm there is one. An owner of O’Shea’s Irish…

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WA: Names of possible fraud victims posted to VPD website

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Dissent

Bob Albrecht reports from Washington: The Vancouver Police Department posted to its website the names of more than 400 people whose personal information may have been compromised, according to a press release. The names, as well as dates of birth and social security numbers, were discovered in a plastic bin inside a home in the…

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Two Romanian nationals charged with stealing bank acount numbers

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Dissent

Paula Reed Ward reports: Two Romanian nationals are in federal custody for allegedly using card skimmers to steal the account numbers from PNC Bank card users and then using those accounts to spend some $200,000. Alexandra Razvan Serb and Mihai Popa are charged with bank fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. The Western…

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(follow-up) Ex-university police officer gets probation in UCM identity theft case

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Dissent

As a follow-up to a case previously reported here, James B. Drake, the former University of Central Missouri police officer who pleaded guilty in January to stealing student identification information and conspiracy to commit identity theft, was sentenced by a federal judge in Kansas City to five years of probation. His wife is scheduled to…

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