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MN: 3 indicted for aggravated identity theft, bank fraud

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Dissent

A recent federal indictment alleges that three Minnesotans used stolen identification information to create counterfeit checks to obtain cash and items from financial institutions and retail outlets. The indictment, which was filed Tuesday, charges Kari Lynn Goodman, 40 of Savage, and Nathan Allen Miller, 26 of Isanti, with one count of conspiracy to commit offenses…

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OK: Hundreds of personal documents found in dumpster

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Dissent

A Tulsa business finds hundreds of documents in its dumpster. […] The documents contained all sorts of personal information, dating as far back as 2004 and as early as 2009. Probst managed to save 96 of them before sanitation workers came by and emptied the dumpster. “Blank checks, social security cards, id’s, bank statements, telephone…

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(update) Ringleader pleads in S.A.’s largest ID theft case

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Dissent

The 2006 theft of 17,000 customers’ credit card receipts from the Emily Morgan Hotel in San Antonio, Texas resulted in the largest case of ID theft the city has seen, as noted in previous coverage.  A few elements of the case really struck me at the time the case made the news in 2009:  (1)…

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TX: Man found with 20 pounds of stolen checks, mail

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Dissent

Lauren Lea reports: Police busted a man inside a hotel room with about 20 pounds of stolen checks, personal mail, and numerous debit and credit cards. 35-year-old Steven Alcala is charged with fraudulent use or possession of identifying information. An officer discovered the stash after a hotel manager complained that Alcala hadn’t paid his bill….

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WA: ID theft bonanza left unsecured at state building

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Dissent

Tracy Vedder reports: TACOMA, Wash. — When we handed Lyle Lippel a set of documents that could have been used to steal his identity and cause financial ruin he said it was crazy and scary that the papers were so easy to find. Lippel’s private information was in a pile of paperwork dumped in plain…

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TX: Pile of Sensitive Documents Found Near Bridge

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Dissent

Farrah Fazal reports: … Hundreds of documents with personal information were found tossed near a bridge and could have ended up in the wrong hands. In the pile of papers were receipts, invoices and canceled checks. There were also phone numbers, addresses, drivers licenses and a Social Security card. Most of the papers that were…

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