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Customers of Sierra Madre gas station victims of ID theft

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Dissent

About 80 customers of a Sierra Madre gas station have had their identities stolen, and police sought more victims Thursday, officials said. The alleged identity thefts took place over the past month at EVG Quality Gas, at Baldwin Avenue and Sierra Madre Boulevard, Sierra Madre police Sgt. Joe Ortiz said. Read more on svgtribune.com

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Security breach at Savannah college

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Dissent

Eric Curl reports Several hundred Armstrong Atlantic State University alumni’s Social Security numbers have been compromised following the theft of a hard drive from the school’s campus in early October. The numbers stored on the device belonged to former nursing students who attended the university before late 2006, said Armstrong spokesperson Francisco Duque. That was…

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Another reminder of the risks of unsecured Wi-Fi

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Dissent

Even though the threat has long been recognized, I can’t remember the last time I saw a case of ID theft from war driving. Here’s one out of Santa Barbara, California: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department says it has arrested an identity thief who bilked several local residents out of at least $158,000. […]…

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ID thieves zero in on home equity lines of credit

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Dissent

Dan Browning reports: Burnsville resident Mike Calcutt says he was stunned last March when he learned that someone had run up nearly $90,000 in unauthorized charges on his home equity line of credit account at Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union. His shock turned to anger when the credit union informed him that he’d have to…

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CO: Medical marijuana records found near Dumpster (update 2)

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Dissent

Christina Dickinson and Dave Delozier report: It was the last thing Harold Morton expected to find while taking some recyclables out to the alley behind his home. When he walked past a Dumpster, he saw it in a cardboard box: a thick blue binder. “I picked the book up and I opened it and right…

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Pennsylvania couple sentenced in bank fraud and ID theft case

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Dissent

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a husband and wife who used fraudulent identities to obtain credit cards were sentenced in federal court today by Senior United States District Court Judge William J. Nealon. According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Ruth Singh, age 31, and Kuldeep…

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