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10 investigates Ohio BMV for dumping records

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Dissent

Important safeguards that help airline security workers identify potential terrorists are being found inside Dumpsters in Ohio and neighboring states. Transportation Security Administration workers scrutinize each driver’s license to make sure that no one boards an airplane without proof of their identity, usually presented in the form of a driver’s license. TSA personnel scrutinize each…

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Burglary of state storage facility creates ID theft concern

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Dissent

More than ten thousand letters sent by the Arizona Department of Economic Security to notify people about stolen private information have been returned as undeliverable, opening these individuals to the prospect of identity theft without warning. Thieves targeted a Phoenix storage facility near 7th Street and Indian School Road last October, taking two hard drives….

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ID theft attributed to online public records

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Dissent

Some Pottawatomie County residents claim they are the victims of identity theft, and they believe it is the result of their Social Security numbers being visible online. […] At issue are mortgage and lease documents posted to a publicly accessible Web site. The documents were posted with social security numbers in view. Pottawatomie County clerk…

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Missing sheriff’s laptop held SSN (updated)

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Dissent

Not much meat to the report, but WKRC, Local12.com in Ohio, is reporting that: A laptop missing from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department is putting some people in jeopardy of identity theft. A letter was sent out to those affected. The sheriff’s department says the computer contained personal information, including social security numbers. There doesn’t…

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Fourth State Dept. snooper pleads guilty

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Dissent

William A. Celey became the latest State Department employee to plead guilty to illegally accessing passport files. Celey had been charged with unauthorized computer access and will be sentenced in October. As reported on Examiner.com: In pleading guilty, Celey admitted that between June 22, 2004, and July 15, 2004, he logged onto the PIERS database…

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Ex-MoneyGram boss in money laundering case

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Dissent

7NewsBelize.com reports on this case out of Belize: The money laundering scandal at the Coye Moneygram Agency is big – apart from one point five million dollars in cash stuffed in suitcases, and seven people charged with money laundering, we’ve also got wholesale identity theft and fraudulent misuse of the entire driver’s license database. But…

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